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Riot erupts at Belfast meeting to form British Fascisti branch over debate on king's title change from Imperial conference; chairman hospitalized after clashes with radicals.
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Belfast, Nov. 23. A meeting called to form a branch of the British Fascisti broke up last night in a riot in which there was considerable fighting. The meeting was held in a church.
Radicals heckled the speaker before the police quelled the disturbance.
The chairman of the meeting was so badly hurt that he had to be removed to a hospital.
The trouble started between the Fascisti and the reds when the chairman, referring to the change in the king's title as agreed upon by the Imperial conference, declared the Fascisti would permit no more deletions.
The Dominion premiers attending the slight alteration in the royal title because of the new status of "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" adopting instead "Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the seas".
The change is subject to ratification by the British parliament.
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Belfast
Event Date
Nov. 23
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chairman badly hurt and removed to hospital; considerable fighting; police quelled disturbance.
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A meeting to form a branch of the British Fascisti in a church broke up in a riot with considerable fighting after radicals heckled the speaker. Trouble started when the chairman, referring to the change in the king's title agreed by the Imperial conference, declared the Fascisti would permit no more deletions. The change alters the royal title from 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland' to 'Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the seas' and is subject to ratification by the British parliament.