NEWS BY MAIL

Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1920, Page 1

NEWS BY MAIL

FRENCH BOLSHEVIKS. .VI. MILLER AND DEFEATS A PLOT. PARIS, May 20. ‘ 1 There are many who have laid direct relations with the Bolsheviks in Russia. They had hoped ttiat out of the unrest caused by the strike they would provoke a revolution.” With these stern words M. Millerand, the French Premier, in the Chamber today justified the Government’s policy during the strike movement w.hich began on .May 3rd, and is now almost ended. The French police are getting daily more evidence of the existence of a plot maturing independently ot the General Confederation of Labour. The establishment of Soviets throughout the country had been planned and People’s Commissionaries had actually been named. Yesterday the police found a list of the members of the sth Paris Soviet. According to the “ Presse,” the revelation of the extent and origin of this long suspected movement came from a letter written by one of the arrested men. named Monatte, who was in correspondence with members of the Russian International Communist Society. Monatte wrote: “ The pretext of railway nationalisation is only a screen to cover the revolution.” The speeches to-day of both M. de Troquer, Minister of Transport, and of M. Millerand, who promised that the Government would maintain order at all costs, but that it was ready to give a sympathetic hearing to all legal ;, ik constitutional claims of the railway work ers. were loudly applauded. The Gov eminent secured a vote of confidence by 513 to 88. . ' The General Confederation of Labour decided to-day to order a general return to work. The extremist railway delegates persist in continuing the move I ment begun on May 3 for railway I nationalisation, although less than n quarter of' the railwaymen ever left work.