BOLSHEVISM IN BRITAIN

Gisborne Times, Volume LI, Issue 5245, 9 August 1919, Page 5

BOLSHEVISM IN BRITAIN

1 BELA KEN'S EMI--A BY CAPTURED IN LONDON. i POLICE SEIZE PLANS OF ENGj I.ISH SOVIET REPUBLIC. | United Press Association—Copyriptht. United Services. (Received August 8. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. August 0. Tiie arrested Swede is one Zaelmriassen. who is charged that he delivered a sealed packet to a female extremist who denies complicity. The Swede’.s confession implicates certain extremist organisations, with which the female is connected. The police seized at Plaistow pians for the formation of an English Soviet Republic and documents affirming that arms and bombs are secreted at certain spots at Ulnistow. Responsible British Labor leaders are not implicated in the plot, but there is a danger that they have unwittingly become tools. Although ii is believed that the plot has been overthrown its effect is expected to he felt in many quarters of Britain in the near future. The Daily Mail states the revolutionary conspiracy was of Bolshevist origin, and seized correspondence implicates Trotsky. Tsohiteherin and Bela Kun as responsible. Tiie English Laborites are not. indicated. [A message in yesterday’s issue states that- Scotland Yard has definite information that Bela Kun sent £6OOO to England, via Stockholm, by a Swede, who confessed ho handed it to a leader with extreme views.f