TROUBLE IN SYDNEY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10603, 31 May 1920, Page 5

TROUBLE IN SYDNEY

PRIEST TO BE DEPORTED RIOTOUS DEMONSTRATIONS IN MOORE PARK. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received May 31, 1.35 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 30. During the war Father Jerger, a Romanist priest, was placed in a Borman internment camp. Beyond the laot of ins beinu or Gorman nationality, olner reasons h any existed were not disclosed, due Human eunuch authorities at the time made an nieneouvu protest against the internment ot the priest, rue nxmg ol hauler j cigar s deportation lor a tuue early in a line has revived the ctice ana ku m strong in attests Irani catholic societies aim strong reprceeiuations to tne Feaerat authorities not to carry deportation into e treat.

Among otneis tnu Lord Mayor Fit/,geruiU lias taken a. prominent part in the movement.

A deputation was sent to Melbourne and interviewed Mr VV. At. Hughes lo urge non-deportation . beioro Father Jerger was given an Open trial, and in supjjort or this a demonstration was arranged for to-day in Moore Bark. The agitation has led to much heartburning and press correspondence against the easing of the treatment against Germans or allowing the religious aspect to interfere in tho case. This led to the Returned Soldiers' and bailors’ Association Organising a counter-demonstration in the park with a view of impressing on the Federal Government tho necessity of not relaxing the .regulations for the deportation of Germans or permitting |anytime savouring of disloyalty. One hundred and titty thousand people- attended tho meetings, the speakers against the deportation including Mr tty an, tho Lord Mayor and the Attor-ney-General.

After carrying a resolution in favour of deportation thte soldiers counted the other meeting out, and rtheiii rushed tho platform waving a Union Jack and rolled the speakers off. They in turn were attacked the proceedings at one time verging on a serious riot.