ALLEGED BOLSHEVISM.

Otago Witness, Issue 3415, 29 August 1919, Page 47

ALLEGED BOLSHEVISM.

AN ALIEN ARRESTED. AUCKLAND, August 26. In consequence of complaints of the dissemination of Bolshevist principles and literature in Auckland, the local police,, acting on a warrant from the Commandant of the New Zealand Forces, have arrested Leonard Copland Boranoff, alias Bernstein, on the ground that he is a disaffected and dangerous alien. The prisoner has been incarcerated in Mount Eden Gaol, to be detained at the. pleasure of the authorities. As the arrest" is a military one, the man will not be charged, but will be kept in internment. The arrest was carried out in an office in Queen street occupied by the alien, who was conducting business as a masseur. A quantity of literature and correspondence, said to relate to Bolshevism, was seized by the police, and this is investigated. Recently Boranoff was charged with failing to notify a change of address as an alien, and on that occasion he was fined £2. It is now alleged against the man that he has advocated Bolshevism in street meetings, and ho has distributed Bolshevist literature, and that he has striven to create disaffection amongst the workers, particularly amongst the Jugo-Slavs.