MENAGE OF COMMUNISM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18887, 9 December 1924, Page 9

MENAGE OF COMMUNISM.

DRASTIC FRENCH ACTION

ANTE-SEDITION CAMPAIGN.

NUMEROUS ARRESTS MADE.

PLOT AGAINST REPUBLIC.

SECRET DOCUMENTS FOUND.

By Telegraph--Press Association—Copyright. (.Received 7.5 p.m.) Reuter-Times. LONDON. Dec. 7. Despatches from Paris state that a party of 800 police and Republican Guards yesi terday raided the Communists' quarters in { the suburb of Bobigny. They paid special i attention to the Leninist school where it ;• is alleged seditious instruction has been ; given. ■ • ' Four hundred persons were arrested, of ! whom 70 were ultimately detained. These i included a former Communist member of j the Chamber of Deputies j It is stated that documents were found | which revealed a plot to carry out a J Communist coup in Paris very shortly. ! The police intend to raid other suburbs ! in search 'of stores of hidden rifles. i | Expulsion of Foreigners. | As .1 result of the operations of the j police, the Minister for the Interior has j issued expulsion decrees against 60 foreign j Communist agents, comprising 43 Italians, ; 6 Poles, 7 Belgians, a Serbian, a Swiss, a Swede, and a German. It is understood that the Government

is continuing to closely watch foreigners, and is disposed to take fresh measures against any suspected of taking part in preparations for a revolutionary movement-

Raids made in the Communist quarters of the city resulted in the arrest of 13 undesirable aliens. These comprised six •Belgians, six Italians, and one Swiss. All have been deported. Demonstration Against Premier. The police took special precautions at Roubaix, 011 the occasion of a visit by the Premier, M. Herriot to attend a banquet. A number of Communists and Royalists "boohed" the Premier on his arrival, and scuffles occurred as he drove through the streets. Twenty Royalist youths were arrested, but they were subsequently released. Communists, headed by M. Cachin, a member of the Chamber of Deputies, paraded the streets during the banquet, shouting, " Vive Sadoul! Vive la Revolution ! "

Cochin made a 'speech without incident. M. Herriot subsequently returned to Paris.

Details of a Conspiracy. The newspapers are publishing details

of alleged Communist revolutionary plots. L' Echo du Nord says the "honeycombs" are compose'! of a number of different Communist "cells."

Already the authorities haye received complete indications. of the measures to be taken for the Communist rising. For example, the first step at Turcoing was to bo. tho occupation of the Town Hall at midnight ,by armed bands. Subsequently the Communists were to endeavour, to win over the crowd by announcing that henceforth meat would cost 50 per cent- less and that all the bakers' shops would be taken over by the Communists.

Soviet Envoy in Paris. The Paris correspondent of the Times states that the growing strength of the Communist movement, in France is alarming all moderate Frenchmen. The latter are convinced that the Communist flames will spread still further now that Krassin, the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Trac'e, has been installed in the Soviet Embassy.

Krassin said he had no intention of interfering with France's internal affairs, but even tho Ere Nouvelle, the leading Government organ, is not prepared to take him at his word, and warns him ho will be.judged by bis acts. If the Bolshe viks, it says,' take advantage of diplomatic immunity in order to pursue their propa ganda in France directly or indirectly, Krassin must be handed his passports.

The Weekly Dispatch says ho Com muni,sis who have been arrested in Paris arc mostly Russians. They are acting officers of Red platoons organised throughout. France.

• The Communists are reported to have installed three, wireless transmitting stations near Paris ready to issue instructions in the event of a revolution.

Further raids and arrests have ' made in Marseilles, Lyons, and Lille.

The Communist, Sadoul, formerly a captain in tho French Army, has been taken to Orleans, where lie will be tried by court-martial.