MAY DAY

Evening Star, Issue 21709, 2 May 1934, Page 9

MAY DAY

PROCESSION IN SYDNEY RED THE PREDOMINATING COLOUR Prei* Association — By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, May l._ In the May Day procession to-day, in which 2,000 inarched, numerous banners were carried, red predominating. The procession gave the police no trouble, and terminated at the Domain with speeches and resolutions protesting against capitalism, wage slavery, and warmongering. There were minor gatherings at Newcastle and Woollongong without incident. ORDERLY DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON LONDON, May 1. (.Received May 2, at noon.) London’s May Day demonstration was one of the most-orderly for years. The Trades Union Congress did not participate. The procession was organised by Communists and Leftwingers. They marched a roundabout route decreed by the police to Hyde Park, and caused few traffic blocks. The demonstrators included twenty-one Oxford undergraduates. PARTIAL STRIKE IN PARIS A FEW MINOR CLASHES. PARIS, May 1. (Received May 2, at noon.) • The Communists’ appeal for a May Day strike was unavailing in the centre of Paris, but many factories in the suburbs closed. The strikers included taxi men, the employees at, the Mint, and Government match and tobacco factories. A Communist meeting of 40,000 at Vinciennes was largely a picnic affair. There were few minor clashes, but the Communists were awed by the strong forces of police and troops. CASUALTIES IN MADRID POLICE CHARGE CROWDS. MADRID, May 1. (Received May 2, at noon.) The police arrested a number of dangerous Anarchists for allegedly attempting to organise demonstrations on May Day. The police, charged the. crowds, resulting in numerous casualties. ‘ , QUIET IN TOKIO TOKIO, May 1. (Received May 2, at 11 a.m.) May Day was quiet. _ Thousands of Labourites, separat. .1 into Rightists and Leftists, demonstrated in Tokio under strong police precautions. A few arrests were made. QUIET IN CANADA VANCOUVER, May 1. (Received May 2, at 1 p.m.) Police restrictions and a ban on demonstrations resulted in a quiet May Day throughout Canada. Five thousand people took part in an orderly Communist parade at Winnipeg. At Vancouver vandals during iho night painted the Cenotaph with the words: “ Down with Fascism.” The home at Toronto of a Ukrainian anti-Communist priest named Zas was bombed. No one was injured. MILITARY DISPLAY IN MOSCOW HUNDREDS OF PLANES OVERHEAD. MOSCOW, May 1. (Received May 2, at 10 a.m.) While'4o,ooo troops filed past in Red Square in celebration of May Day 552 aeroplanes, including 165. speedy bombers, manoeuvred overhead. M. Stalin took the salute from the top of Lenin’s tomb. Dimitrov was a guest of honour. Many banners were inscribed: “Down with Japanese Imsperialism.” NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN AUSTRIA LITTLE ENTHUSIASM. VIENNA, May 1. (Received May 2, at 11.45 a.m.) The Government decreed May Day a national holiday to celebrate the “ new Austria ” created by the Constitution. Contrasting former years, 'when the Socialists held a festival, the_ celebration generally passed off quietly, although the Nazis at Graz, Salzburg, and Innsbruck exploded smoke bombs to mark their disapproval. The Viennese apparently boycotted the celebrations, as there was only a scanty gathering in the streets to watch the Dollfuss procession. There was a similar lack of enthusiasm throughout the country. A ‘ detachment of Italian motor cyclists travelling to Vienna to participate in the celebrations was stoned by Communists at Styria. They replied with revolver shots, killing one man. The Italians found the roads strewn with nails, and after scores of punctures many abandoned the journey.