Two hundred and fifty persons" were arrested to-day in the course of a riot, which was the sequel to a Communist demonstration before the Town Hall of the working-class suburb of Ivry.
The Communists assembled at Ivry in spite of a governmental ban.
Those arrested include the deputy mayor of Ivry, who was leading the rioters.
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The police subsequently made wholesale round-up of Communist leaders and demonstrators, arresting 4 total of 1,500 persons, a large number of whom, however, were subsequently released.
Ninety-six of the arrested persons were foreigners, who will be deported or sent back to their countries, according to the particular eireumstances.
Those arrested included M. Vail-Jant Couturier, editor of the Communist newspaper "Humar hho was subsequently released.
The first arrests were made at dawn when detectives visited the leaders of Communist erg:
When the demonstrators Ivey they found the district in state of siege, every side-street con.
ing a police lorry, while aeroplanes were employed to signal to the police signs of suspicious assem-plies, which thus prevented them from joining up with other groups.
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