RAIDS ON REDS
\I! RESTS IN FRENCH NEWSPAPER OFFICE. IMPORTANT .SEIZURES. [M.W'S FOR ANTI-MILITARIST DEMONSTRATION. United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Oopyrigb' (Australian Press Association.) PA I OS, July -18. Tho noliee conducted extensive raids nil' Communist- haunts overnight. including the office ol tlie newspaper Humaniio. A member of its staff was arrested [or tiring allegedly in possession ot a military document, and later the managing printer was arrested. I lie police carried ol! a mass ol documents’ Tho raids were made lor the purpose of chocking the growth ol a strong Communist nerve centre. (Received dnlv 10, 0.10 p.m.) LONDON, July 10. The Times’ Paris correspondentstates that, reports from Communists serving in the French Army vveic amongst the documents seized when fifty police raided the olfivos nt the Humanite. the official organ of Hie Communist party. Tho police also raided the headquarters of UnMin tim'd youths, when several were arrested. Humanite is advocating at length ihc holding ol an anti-militarist demonstration on August I. the anniversary of the outbreak of the war. - The raid is said to ha re. revealed the existence of complete plans lor this purpose. Ollier documents contained reports of naval and military armaments. giving, evidence ol the cxisi-r-nce ol an elaborate svstom of espionage.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10954, 20 July 1929, Page 5
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