The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-23
Demonstrations Staged
in Foreign Countries
Broken in Hall Of
League of Nations Library
at Geneva-American Pic
ture Theatres Attacked-U.
S. Commercial Houses in
Buen0s Aires stone d.
Work at Standstill in
Argentina Monday

New York. Aug. R)-Demon-
stra,ions in behalf Of Sacco and Van
zetti were staged before and after
their execution in various European
and South American cities.
At Geneva manifestants after
marching on the United States COM
sulate and being, beaten off by the
Dolice. broke windows Of the great
hall Of the library Of the League of
Nations palace.
From the palace the crowds went
to the American agency Of two pic-
ture theatres showing American films
and began to attack it. Streams Of
water had to be played on the demon
strat0rs before they could be dis
persed. In the struggle with the po-
lice. some one fired a shot killing an
onlooker.
American Shops Damaged
The Geneva correspondent Of the
Exchange Telegraph company, Lon
don, in his version said that 5000
persons took part in the rioting, at
tacking and badly damaging. Ameri-
can shops. He described raids on
motion picture theatres where Amer
lean films were being shown. f,lms
Of Douglas Fairbanks Mary Pick
ford and Norma Talmadge bIng
destroyed in the streets; % persons
were injured
As soon as news was posted that
the two men had actually been elec-
trocuted, q crowd in front of news
paper office in 'Buenos Aires, Ar.
gentina. began stoning United States
commercial houses. Only with the
aid Of reinforcements were the 20.
lice able to quell the demqnstration
To the strains of the -"Red Flag
and\ shouts Of "Sacco and Vanzetti
must not die a procession marched
into the Mall. in London, this morn
ing. As the marchers neared Buck
ingham Palace. mounted police scat.
tered them, arresting a number.
Embassieg Uhder Guard
A strong guard was kept about the
American embassy in London and
mounted police and guards were in
readiness in neighboring yards and
enclosures. The American embassies
in Paris and Rome likewise were
heavily guarded.
Paris had several demonstrations
but steady rain kept. them within
reasonable bounds.
Communists in Berlin and other
German cities attempted to stage
manifestations, but they were sup
pr ssed by the police.
Some disturbances took place al
Stockholm and Gothenburg. Sweden
At the latter place the police had to
charge the crowd when it tried to
reach the American consulate. The
police of Stockholm. were busy until
past midnight dispensing demonstra-
tors.
Work IL Stopped
There was a fairly complete stop.
page of work throughout Argentins
Monday. The most serious Of mum.
ber of disorders was the burning OF
. street car in suburb Of Buenos
| Aires.
| At Montevideo, Uruguay, and Asun.
cion, Paraguay. laborers stopped
work. There were no taxicabs OF
busses and no newspapers, the print
| ers having Joined the, protest strike
Sacco-V -Vanzetti sympathizers il
| Mexico City held parade in thu
| business section, after which thert
was an orderly demonstration before
! the United States consulate genera
and the Huasteca Petroleum com
pany, an American concern. Speak
ers protested against the executions
! charging that yankee capitalism
| was responsible.