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Show SOLDIERS CLASH WITH PKEH Near-Riot in New York Results Re-sults From Opposition to Hun Opera. ' NEW YORK. Oct. 20. Despite decision by Mayor Hylan that German opera should not be given in New York until the peace treaty was signed, "Die Meister-singer" Meister-singer" was presented in German at the Lexington theater tonight, while thousands thou-sands of soldiers, sailors, marines and civilians fought with the police in an attempt at-tempt to reach the theater and stop the production. Several shots were fired as the former service men time and again charged the police lines or laid down a barrage of bricks, stones and other missiles in an attempt to force their way through. Soon . after the performance slariccl a crowd of about o00 service men was driven away from tiie vicinity uf the the- ater, but after reaching Times square Vere reinforced and. a bout 1 000 strong, started back, only to be met by a squad of mounted police which scattered them. During tiie remainder of the, performance the crowd fought valiantly to reach the theater, but failed. Reports during the eariv evening as to whether the performance would be j 'resented 're-sented were confusing alike to service men and patrons. "Policeman stationed around the theater notified both that the play would not be given. Mayor Ifylan bad prohibited it. they said. Mayor llyian said so himself in a statement earlv in the night, after he bad been requested by the A merlcan legion to slop the opera. But the sale of tieke;s com inner and tiw curtain was rung up at. t li-. s- hetjniod time. An announcement was then made by tin.-mayor tin.-mayor t hat he bad failed to reach t be corpora' ion counsel to learn whetlier he had legal right to r.rder the police to prevent pre-vent pat rons entering t no t ben t cr. ) ; 1 cause of this failcre. the mayw said, he j "therefore j.-'-d tin- police not to in- I t erf ere until I could obtain advice ,,f j the eorpcraMori c0i;t,s--l ;o t.ie f;rifj Hj.it! I may proceed ie-aliy." j Just as t'.i" curtain was mi.-.- I on ;h. j opera. Henry ,. Hertz, business ma r.r' gr j 1 of the opcia. rushe. n. (,,.- sfae aim an- ' TKcni.-.-d: "The performance wi.l he ;:;-,-,,' tonight. " -u ;f 1 am a ; . - j want i i.'.resh tlii:-: thing out in court." ; The f-iit ing bet ween I,. pole-,- ;llt,j j L'ro-ps of service re en .- d un 1 1 i u . id - iiTr'i, ns far as th" i o,b e e,,.jd b- ,n,, j a1:f:"';;rh scores 'had f.-i; die w.-iVht nfl ficcrs r;ad been struck by mis'-is. j |