REVOLUTIONARY PLOT.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 189, 11 August 1919, Page 5

REVOLUTIONARY PLOT.

.-DISCOVERED IN BRITAIN. { \. _-STA__X_S___NG A SOVIET. 10.35 a.m.) I LONDOX, Aug. S (delayed). i The "Daily Mail" says that the police Seized documents outlining a countrywide revolutionary plot. One emanating Srom the Clyde Workers' Soviet proposes the establishment of a "Red Army" and revolutionary tribunals "to try men responsible for the treatment of our imprisoned comrades," the seizure of all iood, expropriation of property, banks, etc., and the removal of Parliament and .local authorities."—(Reuter.) [i IMPORTED AGITATORS IFROM NORWEGIAN CENTRE. LONDON, August 10. j Zacharassen, who has been arretted in Connection with Bolshevik activities in' iEngland, came from a notorious Bolshevik centre in Norway. When captured he had the names and addresses of wellknown extremist- in Britain, and also the names of German spies on the Continent. He had not the name of a sin_le responsible labour leader or trades union official in Britain. The Bolshevik international courier pystem is controlled by a Russian named Angelica Balabanolf, who works between Berne, Berlin, Stockholm, and Moscow. Bolshevik agents generally reach England es stowaways in foreign vessels. Som-i of the sailors are aware that they ire aboard, and receive a substantia! payment for each Bolshevik landed. Eleven Jews who recently landed have been caught in the East End of London and deported. Mr. E. Shortt, Home Secretary, in the House of Commons stated that ti:e police had been instructed to take action •with reference to a leaflet distributed in {Nottingham containing the words: ''i'tit po trust in Parliament. Get ready for (A. and N.Z. Cable.) v, NO DEFINITE EVIDENCE. LONDON, August S. A further statement from Scotland aard is that there is no definite evidence : of Bolshevik activities in England. It j amounts to no more than the dissemina- , tion of extreme revolutionary propaganda. There are numerous instances of : the distribution of funds, but no particu- i lar case can be published, and they can- ' not give details because it would interfere with Scotland Yard's investigations. The police have been keeping a close watch on all ports in order to exclude ■Undesirables, but a few got through the , pet.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) " !