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Show 1 MANY WOUNDED IN If LONDON RIOTING Hf TWO THOUSAND men out of f; WORrCFIQHT D0DDIE3 IN VAIN f" EFFORT TO MAKE WAY k Nelcon Monumont In Trafalgar Hi, 'Square Sceno of Dloody Clash; Hordes In City for Dem- B" onatratlon fljff' L London. Thouflrtnds of unemployed M fought with mounted and foot police Hif. urund tho foot of Nelson's monumont H'4 In Trafalgar squnro In a vnln effort to Hi J force Uiolr wny to tho Downing otreot i ' reoldonco of Premier Ilonnr Law. A- Alany were woundod In tho milling H ' obent the entrance to Whltohall, while B, podcstrlnnB fold from the scono of fl battle, and all roads woro blocked. M Ilcpcntetl police chnrgos, in which fl ' heavy truncheons, the bobby's last ro- &ri sort, wero wielded fronly on liendH nnd B limbs of the Btruggllni; unomployod, 1 ' finally forced'- thu mob back from fl Wliltolmll nnd scattorod thorn, for tho fl moment, up the Stnind and Cocltspur B- street j TJio battle was tho climax of n H. innrch of nnetnployod upon Downing ML ctrooL Tho workloss domonatrntors H sought to curry their cause homo to H' Britain by clamoring nt the gates ot H' the pcrralor'8 houso. Thousands had H'j como in from all parts of tho country H to tnlo part in tho demonstrations. wl' . rriis unemployed army apparently Ht divided lta forces, for about 10,000 are R l beliovod to bo in tho city. Approach Hp by nnothor gorup from tho parliament B" l x street ond of Whltohall was propurod H for 'by cordons of bluocoatcd bobblcB, W who throw up bnrrlcados across tho HK end of Downing streot. In 1020, when H" the unemployed lust domonstratod In H extravagant mannor, their nrmlon con- H verged upon Whltohnll from sovoral e directions coming down tho citibank- HKn ment while othors nppronchod from Hfl Victoria street. Hl Tho first clash was not marked Hl by tho uso of firearms. London's po- H Hco, oven whon riot calls aro soundod, Hl are not pormitted to carry rovolvors. |