MAY DAY BIOTS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15807, 3 May 1919, Page 3

MAY DAY BIOTS.

SERIOUS TROUBLE IN PARIS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association PARIS, May 2. Infantry and cavalry reinforced the gendarmerie to prevent May Day demonstrators marching to the Place de la Concorde. Firemen turned firehoses on the crowd, who twice broke the military cordons. Many heads were broken in baton charges. CONTINUATION OF RIOTS. _ * LONDON, May 2. The Paris riots continued at night. Demonstrators attempted to barricade the streets, but mounted troops charged the mob. A great number wore wounded, including Deputy Cachin, editor of L’Humanite, and a municipal councillor. RIOTS IN AMERICA. NEW YORK, May 2. Soldiers and sailors stormed a May Day labour demonstration in Madison Square. Police reserves dispersed the crowds, who left three dead. At Cleveland the I.W.W. rhsts started when soldiers seized a red flas carried in the procession.