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Show LIVERPOOL. Aug. 2. -Looting and rioting occurred throughout tha night as a result of a strike of policemen, and the lord mayor appealed early today to the military authorities for aid. The la Iter dispatched six lorry loads of troops from Crosbv, six miles from here, all fully armed, while special constables were also called out. The looting continued in the poorer districts this morning, and the lord mayor asked for volunteers to . help guard the city. The Liverpool authorities followed the example of the London officials in expelling ex-pelling striking police officers. Loyal police of Liverpool made several bayonet charges, and there were half a dozen arrests ar-rests in the attempt lo check looters. |