SCENES AT FUNERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 379, 14 November 1932, Page 5

SCENES AT FUNERAL

Rec. Nov. 13, 7.0 p.m. Geneva, Nov. 12. As a sequel to th'e strike decision, six b'attalions of infantry' have been mobilised for active service. Everything is quiet at present. There is no general response to the strike ofder. The 'Bureau of the Disarmament Conf erence met to-day under the protection of machine guns. Detaehments of troops were discretely hidden , in the gardens all around the local buildings, ready in the event of a demonstration. All routes in the vicinity are barricaded and strongly guarded. There was renewed rioting during the funeral of a Communist who was killed on November 9. The corpse was wrapped in a red flag in an open coffin. The procession was passing the guard of the seventh Geneva battalion, when the soldiers frat.ernised with . the demonstrators and joined in singing the Internationale. The crowd meanwhile smashed windows and cut the ropes controlling 'the tramways guides. Other incidents suggesting that the Genevans are unreliable, include a soldier smashing his rifle and declaring he would not shoot his compatriots. This resulted in two hattalions of Bolais being rushed to Geneva in the evening, whereupon the Geneva battalion was confined to the exhibition building.