FRENCH ROYALISTS ACTIVE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20892, 23 November 1937, Page 7

FRENCH ROYALISTS ACTIVE

PROMPT ACTION BY SWISS

SON OF PRETENDER IN THE NEWS AMAZING ACTIVITIES OF CAGOULARDS United Preaa Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received November 22, 10.15 p.m.) GENEVA, November 22. The Comte de Paris, son of the Pretender to the French throne, arrived last Friday at Versoix, and began receiving delegations of Swiss friends and French Royalists from the Bordering Department. When Informed that the Comte de Paris Intended to communicate to the press a statement from his father, the Due de Guise, the Swiss authorities asked him and his suite to leave Switzerland. Al! departed for France. SENSATION IN FRANCE EXPULSION OF COMTE DE PARIS United Press Association—By electric Telegraph —Copyright (Received November 23, 12.11 a.m.) PARIS, November 22. The expulsion of the Comte de Paris from Switzerland caused a sensation in France. The Swiss police declare that this precautionary measure was necessitated by France's political situation. SPANISH PLOTTERS EXPELLED IMPORTANT PERSONAGES INVOLVED United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received November 23, 12.11 am.) PARIS, November 22. Forty-five sympathisers and agents of the Spanish Nationalists were expelled from France over the week-end, including the Marquis de Cavledes, alleged head of General Franco’s intelligence in France. ACTIVITIES OF CAGOULARDS LEADERS KNOWN TO POLICE United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright PARIS, November 21. The police have announced that they will shortly publish the names of the leaders of the Cagoulards. It is declared that no important member of the organisation has escaped. All the names are known to the secret police. The activities of the Cagoulards are now linked with the Paris bomb outrage on September 12, when the headquarters of the French employers’ organisations were blown up and two policemen killed. ARMY OFFICERS INVOLVED GROWING GRAVITY OP SITUATION United Press Association—By Electric Tel egraph Copyright (Received November 23, 12.15 am.) PARIS, November 22. Army officers are declared to be invo’ved in the Cagoulards plot. The first hint of the plot is said to have come from Colonel De La Rouque after the plotters h '. been active for at least three months. The Surete detective states that two thousand are under suspicion and 22 have been arrested, charged with the Illegal possession of arms. Several have been detained for questioning. The police attach Importance to the arrest of M. Meuse who is alleged to be the plotters “war minister." All roads to Paris were closely watched over the week-end. M. Jean Moreu de la Meuse, director of a textile factory was arrested in Paris on Saturday on suspicion of being one of the main organisers of the Cagoulard arms stores. He will be charged with associating with malefactors and illegally possessing arms. The machinations of the Cagoulards are unfolding hourly. On Saturday the police made further disooveries of miniature fortresses, arms dumps, and radio stations. One of the most amazing finds was a perfectly equipped hospital with an operating theatre. A well-stocked arsenal was unearthed in the house of an antiquarian, where also were found military equipment and brown leather uniforms, all banded with royal blue. The discovery of enough cheddlte to blow up the entire district, the seizure of huge arm stores, and the revelation of a “high command” operating behind an elaborate system of sliding walls and secret rooms, marked a nation-wide investigation to-day into the affairs of the Cagoulards. “L’Oeuvre” sc'i that an organisation composed of thousands Of terrorists, called secret revolutionary militiamen, is preparing a vast armed plot against the republic. Seven were arrested, including several aristocrats, and all were charged with plotting against the safety of the State,