MAY DAY OBSERVANCE

Evening Star, Issue 22019, 3 May 1935, Page 9

MAY DAY OBSERVANCE

IGNORED IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES MOSCOW’S IMPRESSIVE DEMONSTRATION Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright 4 . LONDON, May 2. The May Day celebrations in Germany were marred by a snowstorm. Plans for an open-air demonstration in Munich were suddenly abandoned, the official excuse being the stormy weather. The unofficial reason was the failure of the workers to turn out in sufficient numbers, though last year 50,000 attended a similar parade. Today only a few hundred arrived. Later in the day an indoor meeting was attended by 4,000. There is a growing disinclination on the part of Bavarian workers to attenejf .demonstrations. The only really impressive Labour demonstration was, in Moscow. May Day displays were ignored in Italy, Bulgaria, and Rumania, while in Austria thousands of Vienna’s poorest unemployed, mostly old women, waited many hours expecting the distribution of free meals. They were disappointed, as the official arrangements provided an inadequate quantity of food, so the unemployed went hungry. Public services in Franco functioned normally and there was not a single arrest in Paris for May Day disorders, which is a record. PARADES IN NEW YORK ' NO DISORDERS. NEW YORK, May 1. Between 100,000 and 150,000 Radicals demon strated hero to-day in traditional fashion, celebrating international Labour Day. Because of the continued inability to form “ a united front,” Communists and Socialists held separate parades through the down-town business section. The Communists claimed 60,000 marchers and the Socialists about twice as many, although police estimates indicated about half that number. The Communists carried the usual gaudy red banners denouncing war, Fascism, and other “ manifestations of capitalism.” Thousands of police guarded the line of march, but there was no disorder or violence; in fact,"most of the demonstrators displayed "a carnival spirit rather than a revolutionary aspect. Smaller Left Wing demonstrations were held in the principal cities throughout the nation, and in Mexico City and most of the capitals of South America, but with little or no violence reported. • 6