ARRESTS CONTINUE

Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1937, Page 7

ARRESTS CONTINUE

By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright

FRENCH SECRET SOCIETY SURPRISING DISCLOSURES GERMAN HAND REVEALED

Rec. 11 p.m. London, Nov. 19. Startling revelations of the activities of the Cagoulards, a French secret organisation, continue hourly. Police investigating the organisation discovered the fourth arms depot, says the Daily Telegraph's correspondent at Paris. Two more -men have bjeen arrested, making a total of 11. Search was made of 450 houses throughout France. It is stated the police are unearthing an organisation named "Secret Revolutionary Militia," formed of extremists from various militant leagues which were dissolved last year. Seizure of Arms. M. Marx Dormoy revealed that 1505 hand grenades, five . machine-guns, 11 rifles, 17 converted shot-guns and over 100 sub-machine guns had been seized in two days. Police who broke into a secret storeroom in the offices of river transport contractors in the Bastille area found 54 cases of hand grenades, 14 anti-tank guns and numbers of rifles and light machine guns. The directors were arrested. It is revealed that a Surete investigation discovered 200 illicit radio stations of wide range near barracks, frontiers, seaports and important airports. Emergency guards have been ordered to shoot strangers entering Government buildings who do not stop after two demands.

Smuggled Over Border. It is presumed that most of the arms have been smuggled across the Swiss border. One of the most amazing flnds was a perfectly equipped hospital with an operatlng theatre. A well-stocked arsenal was unearthed at the house of an antiquarian in the sixth arrondissement, where there was also military equipment and brown leather uniforms, all banded with royal blue. Arrests number nxne and more are awaited. The newspaper Le Matin says the police are attempting to discover who provided the several millions of francs needed to purchase and transport the tons of $rms already revealed, including 400 machine-guns of German make. The police believe the fully equipped hospital found was intended for the treatment of wounded in the event of a rising. They are investigating the activities of doctors in the vicinity.