RAID RESULTS

Hokitika Guardian, 4 June 1927, Page 3

RAID RESULTS

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ARCOS RAH). LONDON. June 2

Me Kyrfofl'j in a speech at Moscow asked why the Arcos Company sliould not burn its documents; The British Mission in Moscow had spent the past few days in the burning of masses of its documents, but the Soviet did not interfere with this, although it had irrefutable evidence that the British had been engaged in espionage and had also organised risings rn toe Ukraine for the restoration of the Bomanoffs.

LONDON. June 2. Fifty of the Arcos Coy officials hav sailed for Russia.

It is reported that thousands of arrests have been made at .Moscow in connection with Communist Party squabbles.

** WARSAW COMMUNISTS. WARSAW, June 2. * Following on the disqualification of Communist candidates at the municipal elections owing to all of them being either notorious Soviet agents, or ticket-of-leave men, the Communists organised a meeting to demand the annulment of the elections. This insulted in a riot, in which many were injured, including police.

ABOUT A SPY. LONDON, June 2. In the House of Commons, Commander Kenworthy asked why the spy, Anton Muller had not been arrested, but had been allowed to stay for six years. Sir W. Jovuson Ilicks said they knew that lie was here, but they had not expected to find him a cypher clerk in Arcos. He said: “It is sometimes very useful if spies' were allowed to remain, in order that wo may got information regarding other people.” Replying to Mr dynes, Sir W. Joynson Hicks said that the Government did not desire to place obstacles in tho way of trade with Russia, the subjects of which had the same facilities as others, but the passports contained a condition that they must not indulge in detrimental propaganda. A Britisher would bo appointed to control passports for Russia. Sir W. Joynson Hicks inlormcd Commander Kenworthy that there was no confirmation of the report that Russia had closed Vladivostok to British shipping.

AVAR SAW, June 2.

Reports have been received that serious trouble, has arisen m the .Minsk region. Soviet officials who have arrived at Minsk from numerous villages and towns are demanding the despatch of a disciplinary detachment to enforce the Government's prestige and arrest the leaders of an anti-Soviet movement.

Two hundred Mysssea villagers were imprisoned at Minsk and several men executed.

An anti-Soviet detachment captured blockhouses at CV.envianka, near Balder. and held them for two days.

The Russian refugees in Poland are greatly excited, and are holding continual conferences.