AMERICAN COMMUNISTS
CLASHES WITH POLICE. [BY CABLE —-PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.) NEW YORK, February 25. . Minor disturbances characterised Communist demonstrations that were held in various cities of the United States and Canada during International Unemployment Day. Three thousand Reds clashed with the police in New York, with only a few hurt. Boston reported several arrests when 250 police engaged several thousand disorderly Communist celebrants on the historic Commons.... There were 28 arrests made in Pittsburgh, five in Dallas (Texas), ( four in Oklahoma City, aiid ! aIV undesighated number of distributor's of. “Red literature in Houston (Texas); . . ■ ■ Two police and a girl were injured in Toronto, and one policeman in Sudbury (Ontario). The police prevented a’ riot in Hamilton. The police broke up the parade m 1 Port Arthur. There were orderly demonstrations in Philadelphia, St. Louis, Kansas City ahd Denver. SECESSIONISTS MOBBED. OTTAWA,- February 26. An Edmonton’ message states that the United Farmers’ League flag was torn to shreds, several leaders were pelted with rotten eggs, and the Communist hall at Tegreville was left in a shambles by infuriated citizens, iesenting the Communist unemployment day demonstrations. The mob replaced ■’ the . farmers’ flags with Union Jacks. The League recently proposed secession over the wheat problem.
i COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP. OTTAAVA, February 20. A report from Saskatoon states that the Convention of Saskatchewan United Farmers, representing a memberimp of twenty-seven thousand’, adopted a platform of community ownership of land, and co-operative production for use rather than profit. The regulation forbidding political a<liances was abolished.
ARRESTS IN JAPAN.
TOKIO, February 26.
Instructions emanating from the Third International were discovered in possession of agitators, following the arrest of two hundred, frustrating yesterday’s attempted meeting in sympathy with the world-wide unemployment demonstration.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 February 1931, Page 11
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