THE ARCOS RAID

Northern Advocate, 18 May 1927, Page 5

THE ARCOS RAID

SECRET DOCUMENT NOT FOUND DEMAND FOR INFORMATION. PRESS SPECULATIONS. (United Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, May 16. It is expected that Arcos will resume business today, following the police evacuation last night. M. Sorokin, acting-chairman, sent a letter to the Home Secretary, asking firstly, what were the allegations upon which his extraordinary action -was taken; secondly, what had been removed from the building; and thirdly, what complaints, if any, could he make against the firm as a result of the inspection of the premises and papers. Thus far, the public is as much in the datk on these points as Arcos is. It is generally agreed that Sir W. Joynson-Hicks ’ statement in the House of Commons was not elucidative regarding the papers, and it is hoped that more information will be given on Thursday morning. The “Post” says there is good reason to believe that the secret document which was the main object of the search was destroyed while the police were endeavouring to obtain access to, a particular room. ! The “Daily Express” states that all that is certain is that many circum-, stantial reports, purporting to reveal i sensational discoveries, are unfounded. The paper understands from a high j authority that the police have not j found anything which could be deserib- j ed as a complete list of Red agents, j nor have they discovered evidence of j sums of money paid to British agita- j tors by Moscow during the general j strike. The reported discovery of j bank notes, passports and documents j concerning the visit of President Don-; merguc is also declared to be complete j ly inaccurate. } NOTE TO BRITAIN. FROM RUSSIAN SOVIET. j (Received 9 a.m.) j MOSCOW, May 17. I It is reported that the Soviet is sending a note to Britain today on the subject of the Arcos raid.—A.P.A. and Sun. " RESULT OF THE RAID. A RUSSIAN INTERPRETATION. | (Received 1 p.m.) J LONDON, May 17. j A visit to the Arcos offices shows; that the furniture and fittings of the rooms were not disturbed, but they are; covered with dust. The strongrooms,’ are considerably damaged, holes big l enough to admit men being hewn through the brick concrete and steel. A small safe in Khichuk’s office was. bored in 12 places, the pieces lying onj the floor. j “The damage to the buildings is; nothing compared with the damage | to the Apglo-Russian arrangements, 7 ’j says Mr J. Bo off, acting-chairman. “Even the normal work oT the Trade j Delegation and Arcos may not con-[ tinue, as the Soviet may not take the | political risk of dealing with Britain, j Machinery orders, which the loan would j have financed, would have meant much j to British manufacturers, but it is now j very unlikely that they will be con- j ( eluded. We are consulting legal ad-| visers regarding the damage.”—i AP.A. and Sun.