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Thursday, Dec Date 19/18 Friction between the races. Though the colored troops are not equipped with guns, according to all reports, they behaved themselves most bravely and pluckily against the Marines. It seems that the trouble started in a café when a Marine Sgt made some remark which displeased the colored "boys" there and resulted in the Sergeant's receiving a severe trouncing
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