FASCIST DEMONSTRATION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 6 October 1936, Page 5

FASCIST DEMONSTRATION

MANY BATON CHARGES BY POLICE SHOWER OF BRICKS AND STONES MANY ARRESTS MADE (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, 4th October. The London Hospital treated 20 people for bruises, including two girls who were trodden down, and two Fascists.

The police made many baton charges. The most serious clash occurred in Gable street, where the crowd, thinking the Fascists would pass that way ,took a lorry from a builder’s yard and started building a barricade. The police here charged a dozen times and received a shower of bricks and stones. It is stated that 84 arrests were made. LABOUR CONFERENCE RESOLUTION (Received 6th October, 10.40 a.m.) LONDON, stn October. The Labour conference at Edinburgh carried a resolution deploring yesterday’s events in the East End, condemning the Government for not banning the Fascist march, and demanding the prohibition of political uniforms and militarised politics. The conference supported non-in-tervention in Spain by a huge majority.

“PUBLIC NUISANCE” COMMENT BY “THE TIMES” (British Official Wireless) (Received 6th October, 11.45 a.m.) RUGBY, sth October. In connection with the Fascist march in London, altogether some 80 persons were arrested and are being charged with obstructing the police. As the result most of the newspapers praise the police for their handling of a dangerous situation. “The Times” in a leading article headed “Public Nuisance,” says, “This sort of hooliganism must clearly be ended. The activities of both Fascists and Communists in this country seem to most people to be a tedious and rather pitiable burlesque, but the law rightly allows them like other people to express their opinions and testify their beliefs by methods of procession and public meetings. What can be done and what was done yesterday is for the police to decide at the time on every occasion whether a procession or meeting is likely to provoke a breach of the peace and to decide accordingly whether it is to be held or not. A decision can be taken without any regard to the relative merits of Fascists and Communists. To most people there does not seem much to choose between them as dangers to public order. MEETING CANCELLED (Received 6th October, 12.40 p.m.) LONDON, sth October. Following a communication with the police, the Fascist meeting at Bow, in East London, was cancelled a few minutes before the start, and the Fascists marched to another meeting at Bethnal Green.