THE “FIERY CROSS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 34, 9 February 1934, Page 5

THE “FIERY CROSS

WAR VETERANS DESPERATE OMINOUS MUTTERINGS. PARIS, Feb. 7. Reports describe the desperation with which, the war veterans belonging to the Fiery Cross, despite heavy casualties, incessantly assailed the police amid roars of execration as their comrades fell under the police bullets. ‘ ‘ The police dared to fire on exsoldiers and killed our comrades. Wc must get our rifles,’’ shouted the mob. Columns of war veterans marched along the boulevards shouting: “The murderers must resign. Down with Daladier! ” To-day groups are ominously muttering what will happen to-night. The Government threatens the immediate suppression of attempts at mass meetings. Many troops have been withdrawn, but all Government buildings arc heavily guarded. A thick fog now adds a sinister aspect to the scene of destruction. Many newspapers voice public indignation “at the massacre.” The Echo de Paris denounces M. Da ladicr for provoking civil war, using tho pretext of a plot against the State. Le Matin declares that the Chamber’s session was a repulsive spectacle, Deputies acting on the twin impulses of fear and wrath while the rioters threatened to storm the building. The Government in appealing for peace should set an example of peace. The Petit Parisien asserts that the police fired a thousand shots in defence of the Chamber alone. The Minister of the Interior (M. Frot) has issued a statement that the forces responsible for law and order were not prepared last night for the tremendous struggle They had to face, but the necessary measures have now been taken.