Show RACIAL CONTROVERSY I I I I French Canadians and British Have Hot Fight Vancouver B C Nov 10The bitter controversy between some French Canadians and Britishers culminated today In a flag incident in the neighboring neighbor-ing city of New Westminster where probably serious consequences were only averted by the prompt action of the authorities In the new stone post office building In process of construction construc-tion arq employed a number ot French Canadians brought thither for that work rom Qucbeclc They were given a Saturday half holiday and hoisted the Union Jack and the French tricolor ont on-t e same pole The British flag was removed surreptitiously and when the French cnslcn l was discovered floating alone over the Government building a crowd of Englishmen gathered to pull It down The French Canadians defended de-fended their Hag and a handtohand conflict follpwcd The authorities slopped the fight by pulling down the offending ling The occurrence has caused Intense feeling between representatives repre-sentatives of the two nationalities |