Street clashes broke out last night at the close of a meeting addressed by fascist leader Oswald Mosley, in the town hall of Kensington, a London suburb. After Mosley left the hall, some of his followers unfurled banners and began shouting at members of the anti-fascist Yellow Star movement, which sponsored a protest rally across the street from the town hall. Individual members of both groups left the meeting places and tangled in street fighting.
Scores of police, some with dogs, broke up the main clashes but scuffles continued in shop doorways before the fighting finally was halted. Four men were arrested. A policeman was hurt when he moved into action against five Mosley followers attacking a Yellow Star member.
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