THIRD EDITION.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 113, 16 May 1927, Page 9

THIRD EDITION.

JUSTIFIED.

SOVIET RAID.

Evidence of Conspiracy; v Found. HOME SECRETARY'S OPINION. p y Cable.—Preif AMOcUttou.—Copyright) f ' (Received 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 15. Sir William Joynson-Hicks (Home Secretary) holds a special conference ynth the police and the secret service ibieta to-morrow morning, when he yjjl examine the documents found at Interviewed he stated: "I am eatis{«d the search was justified. I shall a statement in answer to the questions in the House of Commons to-morrow. «I cannot say whether I shall be able to disclose the nature of the discoveries." Ths 'Daily Express" understands that Scotland Yard has found evidence of conspiracies, lists of "Red" agents in Britain, and the names of the agitators who received payments from Russia during the general strike, but no trace of the missing State documents. TRADE TRANSFERRED. RUSSIA STOPS ORDERS. (Received 2.80 pjn.) LONDON, May 15. In consequence of the Arcos raid, the Ifoecow Council of Commerce and Industry, has adopted a resolution requesting the Ministry of Commerce to transfer £10,000,000 worth of orders from Britain to other countries.

! yAST SOVIET SYSTEM. REVEALED BT RAID. (Becelved 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 15. The political correspondent of the "Times'* says the Arcos raid wu primarily for the purpose of searching for • State document of the highest importance which was stolen recently from a Government Department. '" It has not yet been found, but the authorities consider the raid was amply justified by the discovery of secret strong rooms and abundant evidence proving the existence of a vast Soviet organisation of violent anti-British character. The missing document is believed to We been burned. . , ;