FIGHT WITH COMMUNISTS.
VIOLENCE AT MARSEILLES. ONE DEAD, SIXTY INJURED. ENCOUNTER WITH FASCISTS. By Telegrapli—Press Association—Copyright. (Received 9.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. PARIS. Fob. 10. Violent fighting occurred in Marseilles when a party of Communists tried to break up a meeting which was being addressed by General Do Castelnau, one of the French leaders of Fascism. Sixty persons were injured and one was shot dead. * CATHOLICS ATTACKED. TWO COMBATANTS KILLED. ONE HUNDRED OTHERS HURT. (Received 11.55 p.m.) Renter. PARIS. Feb. 11. Two persons wero killed and 100 others were injured during a Communist demonstration at Marseilles against members of the Catholic League. Tho latter were holding a conference at the time. LATEST ZINOYIEFF LETTER. AUTHENTICITY DENIED. POLITICAL MOTIVE IMPUTED. (Received 5.5 p.m.) Eeuter. PARIS. Feb. 10. The Communist organ, Humanite, describes tho alleged letter from Zinovieff, chairman of the Third (.Communist) International to M. Cachin, leader of the French Communists, proposing a revolt of the masses in North Africa, as a stupid forgery. It compares it with the Zinovieff letter which was published in Britain on the eve of the last general election. The paper accuses the anti-Communists of desiring to overthrow tho left bloc by brandishing a forgery on the eve of the French municipal elections.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18941, 12 February 1925, Page 9
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