RACE RIOT.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 June 1921, Page 5

RACE RIOT.

OUTBREAK IN AMERICA. —— -Z WHITES FIGHTING NEGROES. A TOWN IN FLAMES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received June 2, 5.5 p.m. New York, June 1. At Tulsa, Oklahoma, ten city blocks were destroyed and other parts of the town are still burning as a result of a race riot.

Five hundred whites assembled and attacked a thousand Negroes, a bitter rifle battle ensuing. The whites were reinforced by seventy motor loads of armed men, while the blacks increased to 3000. Aeroplanes were used to attack the blacks. The whites shot Negroes on sight, their fire being returned from ambush.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesn. New York, June 1. The race rioting at Tulsa broke out following the arrest of a Negro charged with attacking a white girl. The local authorities have lost control of the situation, and State troops are being rushed to the scene. Seven whites and 50 Negroes are dead; 15 whites and 72 Negroes were wounded in the riots. The troops rounded up 3000 blacks, mostly armed.

Two hundred Negroes, attempting to deliver the Negro from the gaol, started the riot. The whites set fire to Negro homes, and the flames spread, threatening the town. Martial law has been declared.

MANY BURNED TO DEATH. , BOLSHEVIKS SPREAD UNREST. Received June 2, 10.40 p.m. New York, June 2. As a result of the race riot the deaths at Tulsa are over a hundred. Many were burned to death when the entire Negro quarter of ten blocks was incendiarily destroyed.

Bolshevik propaganda all over Oklahoma State incited the Negroes to rise because of riie failure of their 1 pleas for racial equality. The authorities are roundly blamed for waiting too long till the Negro settlement became a shambles before they acted.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.