BOLSHEVIK ACTIVITY

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14368, 21 May 1920, Page 5

BOLSHEVIK ACTIVITY

ORGANISATION IN FRANCE. DISCOVERED BY POLICY. IMPORTANT ARRESTS MADE. (Times.) (Received May 20, r>.s p m.) LONDON", May JO. The Times' Paris jorrespondcit states thai the police have discovered that the Moscow Internationale have ' established a complete organisation .n France, consisting of three co-operating branches, aiming at the control of *.hc | trades unions. Those arrasted include Boris Sinnerire, one of the leaders of the Afghanistans and a well known , writer in the French Socialist press, and Leaneque, the administration secretary i of the Railwaymen's Union. BOLSHEVIKS IN PERSIA: BRITISH PRESTIGE SUFFERS. ALARM AT TEHERAN. SITUATION CONSIDERED GRAVE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received May 21, 11.10 p.m.) LONDON, May 19. Despatches from Teheran indicate that much alarm has been caused owing to the Bolshevik advance from the Caspian. It is known that the Bolsheviks have concentrated a considerable force on the v shore of the Caspian since the fall of Baku and the seizure of General Denikin's ships. The situation is aggravated owing lo flie Anglo-Persian agreement not being yet in full operation. A small British military mission i is engaged In reorganising Persia's mlliI tary system, but little progress has yet j been made. It is admitted that British prestige has suffered a set back, and I the situation is regarded with anxiety, particularly in view of the proximity of Teheran to the zone of Bolshevik influence.