PLOT MISCARRIED

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12596, 5 November 1926, Page 7

PLOT MISCARRIED

SPANISH REVOLUTIONARIES READY FOR MOUNTAIN CAMPAIGN HUNDREDS ARRESTED By Telegraph.—Press Aesn.—Copyright. Published In "Thu Times '* (Received November 4, 9.15 p.m.) PARIS, November 3. The police have arrested, at various points, between 150 and 200 revolutionaries en route to Spain. The arrests followed the discovery m September that Italian and Spanish plotters were planning to strike a blow, which was to coincide with tho Fascist march in Rome. They had held meetings at the Anarchist Union’s rooms in Paris, under the leadership of Francisco Macia, Jose Corrio and Ramon Muster, three Spaniards. Arms were purchased and motored to the Spanish frontier, where they were stored in the mountains, but the arrests forestalled action by the rebels. One band, at Toulouse received military clothing, equipment, maps, field telephones and a machine gun, and instructions for mountain campaigning. The conspirators were disguised to resemble tourists. Another group arrested near Perpignan were fully supplied with bandages, niedicaments and bombs. NO BRITISH ARRESTED (Received November 4, 7,15 p.m.) LONDON, November 4. The “.Daily Telegraph’s” Paris correspondent says the arrests mudo in connection with the Perpignan plot number, nearly 200. It is untrue that any British ore included. The “Petit Parisien” suggests that gtie plot may bo connected with the discovery two months ago of a plan to carry off the Notre Dame treasures for the purpose of raising fends to overthrow Mussolini or de Rivera. The latest arrest is that of Borromeo Roche, believed to be the Separatist ringleader.