MAT DAY OBSERVANCE

Northern Advocate, 3 May 1935, Page 7

MAT DAY OBSERVANCE

ON THE CONTINENT. INTEREST GENERALLY WANING. VIENNA’S POOR DISAPPOINTED. ' (Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, May 2. The May Day celebrations in Germany were marred by a snowstorm. Plans for an open-air demonstration in Munich were suddenly abandoned. The official excuse, was the inclemency of the weather, but the unofficial reason was the failure of the workers to turn out in sufficient numbers. Although last year 50,000 attended a similar parade, today only a few hundred arrived.' ' Later in the day indoor meetings were held, and these' were attended by 4000 people; There is a growing disinclination on the part; of Bavarian workers to attend demonstrations. The only impressive. Labour demonstration was in Moscow. May Day displays were ignored in Italy, Bulgaria and Rumania. In Austria, thousands , of Vienna’s poorest unemployed, most of them old women, waited many hours expecting a distribution of free meals. They, were disappointed,. as. the official arrangements provided an inadequate quantity of food, so the unemployed went home hungry. The public services in France functioned normally. There was not a sipgld arrest in Paris arising put of May Day disorders, which is a record.

AMERICAN RADICALS. TRADITIONAL GESTURE, NO DISORDER OCCURS. (Received 11 a.m.) NEW, YORK, May 1. Between 100,000\ and 150,000 Radicals demonstrated in New York today in traditional fashion to celebrate May Day. Because of continued inability to form a united front, thfe Communists and Socialists held separate parades through the business section of the city. The Communists carried red banners denouncing war, Fascism and . other “manifestations of capitalism.” Thousands of policemen guarded the line of march, on which there was no disorder or violence; in fact, most of the demonstrators displayed a carnival spirit rather than a revolutionary one. Smaller demonstrations were held in the principal cities throughout the country, also in Mexico City, and most of the capitals of South America. There was little or no violence.