LABOUR DAY ABROAD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18389, 3 May 1923, Page 7

LABOUR DAY ABROAD.

APATHETIC LONDONERS. piSCOMFITED COMMUNISTS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. May 1. A Labour Day demonstration in Hyde Park fell rather flat, the crowd being below the average in numbers. Communists attended in force, but one speaker declared that the day was likely to prove a failure owing to what he described as "the pig-headed apathy of trades unionists." ■ \ ' CLASHES IN BAVARIA. BERLIN NOT DISTURBED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 8.5 p.m.) BERLIN. May 1. May. Day passed quietly in Berlin and Munich, but disorders occurred at Regensburg and Lichtenfels, in Bavaria, between National Socialists and Social Democrats. One person was killed and several were wounded at Regensburg.

STRIKES IN AMERICA. NO VIOLENCE REPORTED. Australian and N.Z Cable Association. ; (Reed. 4.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, May 1Sporadic small strikes in various industries in 10 eastern cities of the United States occurred on . May Day, involving less than 50,000 workers. There was no violence, though in several cities the police were compelled to disperse overflow audiences at Socialist meetings. JAPANESE DEMONSTRATE. POLICE FORBID' RED \ FLAG.; Australian and N.Z. Cable ' Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.);' v :. TOK.IO. May 1. , Various parades of workers, displaying red bands occurred here and in neighbouring cities. Large forces of police kept order, a few arrests being made. The police strictly enforced the regulation against the display of red flags. Large gatherings were addressed by ' extremist speakers. ' • .< ■'.;.-