GENEVA RIOTS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1932, Page 6

GENEVA RIOTS

OF GRAVE DIMENSIONS

EYE-WITNESS’ ACCOUNT.

United Press Association—By Electric , Telegraph—Copyright.) • ,

(Received this day at x 0.25 a.m.) LONDON, November 14.

“When I left, Geneva was in a state of siege,” Mr Donald Crxieron told the “Sun.” “Troops .patrol the streets and challenge those crossing the bridges separating the riot areas. Residential areas, and hotels are heavily guarded for fear of attempts to smash windows overlooking the lake. “Tlie immediate cause of the riot wes a demand bv the Nationalists mass meeting in the Exhibition Hall to the Genevese Government to expel leading Communists. The speeches were communicated tc the crowd- of fire thousand outside, provoking street fights, with military intervention. I visited the scene on the following morning and found the square looking like,a shambles.

“The asphalt was stained with blood, brains spattered the. walls, and human fragments were still on the roadway while some had their heads shot off.’ It is officially disclosed that many of. the wounded are not likely to recover, and many numerous minor injuries are being ignored.