Evening star., 1924-12-07
PARIS RED REVOLT
N|PPED BY ARREST
OF 800 AG|TATORS
Armed Coup Against Capital
Planned for Next Week,
Documents Reveal.
70 WILL BE EXPELLED
FOR F0MENTING UPRISING
Sadoul Case Continues to Inflame
Communists-Krassin Denies
Part in Row.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press
PARIS. December 6-Complete suc-
cess in putting a stop TO the Com
1nunist agitation toward revolution
was claimed by the government to-
night and Minister of Interior Chau-
temps, supreme head of the French
police, was able to express entire
satisfaction with the manner in
which his men "nipped the action in
the bud"
Rettcence is shown by Communist
headquarters. The Communists do
not acknowledge defeat. but say the
action has been merely postponed.
The official party organ published an
appeal tonight for Communists to
hold themselves in readiness for any
~ Nentualty
800 Under Arrest.
To the neutral observer it appears
that the government scored heavily
against the extremists, first. by
rounding up more than 800 Com
munists of all nationalities, more
than 20 of whom, foreigners. will be
expelled; and second, by preventing
the Communist manifestation an
HounCed as a protest against these
arrests and eXpulSionS. Communistic
propaganda, however, has gathered
such headway and the organization
has been perfected to such a. point
that students of social and political
conditions in France express the
opinion that the government must
continue severe repressive measures
ii it hopes to annihilate the revolu-
tionary movement
The Communists point to the re-
moval of Jacques Sadoul from the
Paris military prison to a jail at
Orleans as due to fear that the Paris
prison would be rushed and Sadoul
delivered. The official reason given
by the ministry of war was that
since Sadoul belonged to the 166th
Infantry Regiment, whose headquar-
terS are in Nieyre, Department of
orleans, the Orleans court-martial
alone is competent to retry Sadoul.
The original trial in which the
former army captain~-aSas convicted
by default on a charge of treason in
1919. took place before Paris court
martial.
Armed Assault Planned.
In their raid on the Soviet head
quarters at Bobigny, the police claim
TO have seized documents purporting
II show that the Communists were
preparing to attempt an armed coup
against Paris in the course of next
week
The magnitude of the police opera
tions, which were not confined to
Paris and it's suburbs, but extended
throughout France, was shown when
ii became known that 30 police COM
miSsionerS at the head of between 500
and 100 men were engaged. Many of
them searched in distant suburbs for
1, Of n y mn i
tion. the existence of which had been
called to their attention.
Foreigners alone were held in Jail
tonight, the Frenchmen arrested be-
ing allowed TO depart after their
names and addresses were registered.
The dragnet thus far has failed to
catch a single Russian.
Leonid Krassin, the Soviet repre-
sentative. who presented his creden-
tiaIs today, is reported to have told
Premier Herriot in the course of
conference this morning that the
Soviet embassy had absolutely no
connection with the present agita
ton; that the Soviet diplomatic mis-
sion would carefully refrain from
mixing in any way in Frances in
ternal affairs
Paper Demands Action.
ne OillCldl opNltl newspaper III
Paris published the following appeal
today:
Our password today is the same as
sterday-wrench Sadoul away from
the military judges, open the from
tiers and Jail doors to all victims of
class sentences whom the Senate is
keeping in penal settlements or exile.
The working gmen of Paris region must
hold themselves ready to participate
in the demonstration in favor of
amnesty"
The Catholic movement to which
Premier Herriot referred in the
Chamber of Deputies today when he
pledged his government to fight Com
munist violence is showing some evil
dence in Brittany, but from the ac-
counts received it is interpreted as
being more along defensive than Of
fensive lines. Gatherings in Brest
and Lorient contented themselves
with adopting resolutions calling for
demonstrations in defense of religious
liberty"
In the rad at Bobigny the police
found a gathering of what is known
as the 'Lenin Communist School,"
There were "a men and women gath
cred about a long table busily taking
notes of a lecture which was being
delivered by Prof. ]. Marion. The
subject of the lecture, according to
the police, was The New Geography
of Europe and History of the Russian
Revolution" The police stated that
one Communist member of Parliament
was among the students"
MAYOR rs SUSPENDED.