ARRESTED IN VIENNA
/ ; woman; journalist "FREE. SPEECH .MEETING.'' ' ■ . LONDON, April -25. : The woman, correspondent of the NewsChronicle . telegraphs J roik. Vienna that with 14 others she, was arrested, while attending the first " free speech meeting" under the new regime. The unexpected;presence of detective* lent a nervous tone to /the. gathering, and when an interrupter was -■ arrested, the Vice-Mayor, Herr Winter, sought to subdue the uproar by promising that he would arrange for his release, but a detachment of police suddenly appeared and cleared tjie hall.' ,-.;';'. The. police marched the prisoners, selected at random, and. including two women over the age of 60, through the streets to the police station, where they were brutally treated. The correspondent stated that she was released after three hours.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22257, 9 May 1934, Page 7
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