AN UGLY TORN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 June 1936, Page 7

AN UGLY TORN.

RIVAL FORCES-CLASH AT MARSEILLES. TRAFFIC HELD UP BY FIGHT. (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright) PARIS, June 17. The strike situation at Marseilles has taken an ugly turn owing to its having assumed a political complexion with.the intervention of the Jeunesses patriotes and other Right organisations. Numerous clashes occurred with the Front Populaire. Youth of the Eight and of the Left, wearing tricolour cockades or red brassards, and shouting war cries, marched along the Cannebiere. Reinforcements joined both sides, and fighting began. Passers-by left trains and public vehicles and joined in, holding up all traffic. Gardes Mobiles separated the combatants, but the bands reformed elsewhere and resumed hostilities. Rioters of the Right took refuge in a disreputable gambling house, six of whose habitues barred the gate and prepared to defend the building with revolvers. Members of the Front Populaire attacked the premises. GaVdcs Mobiles intervened, but the crowd exchanged missiles and refused to disperse. Belgian Strikes Spread GRAVE TURN AT LIEGE BRUSSELS, June 17. The Belgian strikes are coming nearer the capital. Five hundred metallurgical employees in the suburb of Euysbroeck are ceasing work. The authorities announce that ■foreigners participating in agitations will be expelled. Liege resembles a beleaguered city. The tram and taxi services have been .stopped, and the use of bicycles is prohibited in order to frustrate the speedy assemblage of strikers. The Liege strike took a grave turn ■when strikers attempted to raid an arms factory. The police drove them off and arrested 15. Gangs attempted to stop traffic in the city, and interfered with pedestrians, necessitating repeated police charges. Threat to Transport The strikers are spreading elsewhere, and all transport services with the exception of the railways are threatened. Twelve thousand textile workers at Ghent have quitted the looms, and factories in the Verviers area are ceasing work. The heavy industries at Gharleroi are at a standstill. partial Agreement at Conference A conference, under the presidency of the Premier (M. Van Zeeland), between employers and trade unionists, agreed upon a minimum wage and six paid holidays annually, but the 40hour week question remains unsettled. Concessions in Morocco CASABLANCA, June 17. The sugar workers have resumed work, but the metal workers and paint works are idle. The Council of National Defence has approved of the establishment by the Resident-General (M. Peyrons) of an ,-8-hour day and a minimum wage for native workers.