Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-28
RED PLOT CRUSHED
BY PARIS |! OFFICIALS
Plans for Giant Demonstra-
ton Aug. I Are Baked
by Drastic Action.

By Radio to The Star.
PARIS, July 27. - Paris citizens
learned with establishment and some
feeling of alarm during these days that
a plot against state security had been
fostered quite near them In the city's
suburbs Of Clichy and Saint-Ouen,
which are strongholds Of Communist
forces.
capitalist regime has been planned for
August l, the fifteenth anniversary of
Frances entrance into the great war.
Instructions brought from Moscow by
special delegates to the French Com
muntSt headquarters ordered all the
workers to walk out of the factories on
that day and march In huge process
Sions along the chief Paris streets sing
ing the "Internationale, carrying large
posters with the Bolshevist slogans. A
manifestation on the first of August
was to make up for the failure of the
first of May demonstration, which M.
Tardieu, minister of interior, and M
Chlappe, project of police, had
broken up.
Load Of Evidence Seized.
But this time the adopts of the
Third International have not been
1uckier than three months ago, and
PariSianS have learned with rellef that
few days before the manifestation
police forces had raided the Office of
the Communist newspaper, Humahite,
and arrested the editor, charged with
making propaganda against the state,
and collected loadful of documents
atteSting that a Communist plot had
been fomented against the republic.
Guided by the information gathered
at the Communist headquarters, the
police were able a couple of days later
to make another haul at the Paris
suburbs of Clichy and Villeneuve and
st. Georges where the militant Com
muniSts have been convoked to pre-
pare the 1st of August demonstration
In one night, 95 parCiSans of the Soviet
regime, among whom IL were women
and several were foreigners, were ar
rested and taken into Sante and Saint
Lazare Prisons.
AS the police reaped more Commun-
ist documents-Several lorries were filled
with them-they were able to find more
clues to the Communist scheme which
appeared to be regular plan to mobil-
lie the workmen against the existing
state and try and seize power on the
war anniversary day.
Tardieu Adopts Drastic Step.
Seeing the situation to be much more
serious than it, was ever expected, M.
Tardieu, who is now called in Paris the
most energetic man in France" de-
cided to take drastic measures. He
convoked into a war council at the
ministry Of justice all the higher police
omcialS and putting their heads to-
gether with the other great foe of Com
munism, Project Chiappe, drew a plan
for shattering entirely the bolshevic
organization in Paris and the suburbs.
An order was issued to arrest all
members Of the central Communist
committee, and Dudilleux, secretary
general OF the Unified General Confed-
Grafton of Labor, was put into prison
with another score of important leaders.
Police raided headquarters of the Com
munist Youth of Peasant Workmens
Bank International and raided the pri-
Vate apartments Of all the reporters OF
Humanite.
Forty Foreigners BaniShed.
About 40 foreign bolshevists who had
Seen found carrying propaganda pamph-
lets were Immediately taken to the from
tier and expelled from France. The
only important Red leaders who failed
to get into Sante Prison were the COM
radeS OF MonmouSSeau and Bernard, as
they had hurriedly fed from France and
took refuge in Moscow.
After few days of such drastic ac-
ton by the police, with NJ Chiappe SUI
pervislng personally all the raids, con-
fusion became complete in the Red
ranks. All plans for monster demon
Stration were shattered, as its organizers
were jailed, and it is not likely now
that any manifestations will take place
on August /, although appeals are still
made by Humanite for workmen to
leave their factories an hour ahead of
time on that day in order to protest
against the governments violence" M.
Tardieu'S credit with the radical parties
will certainly suffer as result of his
energetic action, but he will become a
most popular man among Paris bour-
geois middle class.