PURPOSE OF RAID

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 112, 14 May 1927, Page 9

PURPOSE OF RAID

ALLEGED PROPAGANDA

POLICE INVESTIGATION

(Sydney Sun Cable.)

LONDON, 13th May. The raid on tho Arcos premises was undertaken by the Homo Secretary, 8h William Joyuson-Hicks, at the instance ot police heads in connection wuh alleged political propaganda. The 3 aratiT °f "w.poliw, which were " „ ol«bor«to, included detectives woUang m disgmso on tho roofs of opposite buildmgs for several days. ,*;.*? seized are so elabortnri c pohce ' after sevol'al ho«"' work, 80Cttred Mty moM fc police connscated 150,000 documents, also a number of rifles and life preservers Huge crowds in the streets watched the proceedings, many wearing, red rosettes. In the vaults a numbfr of large sates wore seized, the keys of them not being forthcomino- . Ihe police carefully searched several I!!, V n mCn antl wonlen employees, ifterbSh 7 , Wf-° Per»ittea to' leave attei being detained for several hours.

MISSINI* STATE DOCUMENTS. t«J| lV? ail? Mail" sa >'H tho search exten led to nudnight. Tho search is bomo, t f°- b° (luo t0 certtt«" State documents being missing, which mdv be in possession of Russia™. The police oce,m,on_ ls likely to last several days. nil ius,sia'l3, at^mptc<l to burn certain papers but the police prevented this. 0,1 1S 7 .Nc"ws" m?s Arcoa, Limiti!Vi s"t)s>'liary Companies employ Sl'ft.'^ainj 400 Russians. Only m. Khmtchuk, tho successor of M. ivrassm, enjoys diplomatic immunity from arrest or- search, liberty to commujucato with the Soviet in cypher,

and receive sealed mail bags. Arcos, it is understood, purchased the offices, which are elaborately fitted, at an expenditure approaching a million. The offices consist of a five-storied building containing hundreds of rooms. JUSTIFICATION FOR RAID. The,"P aily Mail" in a leading article says: There is every possible justification for the raid.' The wonder-is it was so long^ delayed after the open, impudent intervention of Soviet agents during the general and coal strikes, and Moscow's systematic malicious antiiintish propaganda in China and the incitement of organised mobs to rob and murder foreigners. The country will welcome the Government's vigour, especially if it meana turni]lg * | Moscow plotters bag and baggagl At present there is no information regarding the documents discovered, which may provide the names of extremists an Britain in the pay of Mos-