Evening star., 1924-12-07
RAIDS SPECTACULAR.
Police Descend on Widely Scattered
Red Meetings.

BY Gable to The Star and New York World.
PARIS, December 6.-The COM
munist revolution which had been
preparing in France for several weeks
was forestalled by vigorous police ac-
tion. il was announced by the govern
ment today. A red revolt was planned
it was contended, whose immedi te
purpose was the overthrow of the
French republic and the setting up of
a Soviet state.
Foot and horse police. supported by
reserves descended on the principal
communistic headquarters and made
many arrests The most SenSa tional
raid was that at the Bobigny factory
in a suburb of Paris, where cadets for
the future red army were being
trained. Others were in training at
Lille. Tourcoing. Lyons and Mar
seilles. The police assert they seized
quantities Of paper which revealed
detailed plans for the rising.
An edition of the communist paper
the Social Down, was contiscated at
bobigny. 1t is believed distribution
of this edition was to have been the
signal for action. Under the headline
Clear for Action" which in itself is
believed to be signal. the newspaper
says: The signal VIII be given you
at the understood time by means
known to you. Everything is ready
in the sections. which will place at
your disposal the material which they
possess.
Raids Spectacular.
The material in question. the police
say, was arms and ammunition.
Search for the arms depots is in
progress tonight. The arrests at
Bobigny We're made in spectacular
fashion. a meeting was being held
in the local school, under the chair
manship of the communist mayor
and the room was packed with many
men and many foreigners. chiefly
Italians and Swiss. The police pre-
pared for the raid in numbers suf-
ficient to paralyze resistance. En-
tering the town, the barTiCades closed
all streets to prevent any one getting
through to escape or warn other
communist organizations known to
be holding meetings in neighboring
factory regions.
The police surrounded the school
and arrested every one Eight were
detained after examination. In sim
liar arrests all over Paris, 400 We're
held. Todays raids are the result
of the communists activity, which
has been intensive since the commun-
lists demonstration on the day the
ashes of Jaures were transferred to
get into action rapidly. the commun-
lists risked discovery of their plans
The government has been Informed
for several days of their activity. and
after hearing reports of the plans
decided to act Immediately.
Premier Herriot announced the
antired campaign to the Chamber
of Deputies, saying: THE govern
ment will protect the republic against
communist agitators- who are forget
ting the laws Of hospitality by trying
the foment revolution"
lie Flanche, the communist mayor
of the Breton sardine packing town
Douraine, has been suspended from
office for supporting the communist
strike. At Mulhouse, Alsace. where
there is communist strike of
miners. meetings have been forbid
den. Fifty foreigners declared to be
communist agitators, have been con-
Quoted to the frontier and expelled
Premier Herriot had Commute
talk with Krassin, the new Soviet
ambassador, when Krassin presented
his credentials this morning.
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