LONDON POLICE

Evening Star, Issue 21821, 10 September 1934, Page 8

LONDON POLICE

CONTROL IN HYDE PARK TRIUMPH OF EFFICIENCY Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, September 9. (Received September 10, at 11.5 a.m.)’ While Fascists and anti-Fascists claim the Hyde Park demonstration as a triumph for their respective causet, there is no doubt the victory went to the police, representing the forces of law and order. Such enormous crowds were probably not before seen at openair gatherings in England, the park being black with people. - Though the majority of the sightseers treated the demonstrations as amusing spectacles, thousands arrived in a truculent temper. The sinister sound of mingled jeers and cheers could be heard far from the park. The police handled the crowds with consummate skill. They carefully segregated the rival demonstrators, averting all possibility of a clash. A' solid cordon of police surrounded the Mosley supporters, with mobile troops and mounted police within the cordon, who galloped to points where the crowds threatened to break through. The speeches were quite inaudible owing to the incessant shouting of the supporters of both parties.