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L'Écho de Paris - June 07, 1925

The Communists' Call for Treason
The leader of the Marseille communist gang is arrested along with three of his accomplices

(From our special correspondents)
Marseille, June 6. Last night, around 2:00 a.m., four individuals were surprised while trying to enter the Sainte-Marthe camp, the assembly point for troops bound for Morocco. They intended to distribute the leaflets, flyers, and newspapers they were carrying—2,000 leaflets, 300 flyers, and 120 newspapers.
These individuals were immediately taken to the police station. They are:
1. Georges Ponzio, 26, a woodcarver, residing on Rue du Trésor. He was the one who mysteriously escaped from the special police last Sunday;
2. François Corazzini, 28, a town hall employee, residing at 8 Rue du Vallon; 3° Victor Ferrero, 19, boilermaker, 1, rue Sainte-Cécile;
4° Jean Casalta, 17, former seminarian, residing on boulevard Miralès.
The sculptor Ponzio, known to be the head of communist propaganda in Marseille, was immediately imprisoned. The other three, presented this morning to the public prosecutor, were remanded in custody.

In Lorient
Lorient, June 6. - Last night, communists in Lorient plastered large posters on the walls protesting the current government policy and the Moroccan expedition.
These posters, which also invited the troops sent as reinforcements to fraternize with the Riffians, were torn down by the police.

In Limoges
Limoges, June 6. The Communist Party, whose "right-hand man" is, in Limoges as in many other cities, a woman, posted anti-patriotic and anti-militarist posters on the city walls, calling on the population to revolt against the Moroccan war and for Moroccan soldiers to fraternize with the Riffians.
After a bailiff's report, these posters were torn down by the police, who were ordered to search for the posters.
Last night, a large meeting was organized in the Union Hall to continue this wonderful propaganda.
Contrary to what one might have suspected, after the posters were torn down, the authorities did not prohibit it. But the organizers were disappointed. Barely two hundred curious onlookers turned up in the immense hall, which holds about five thousand people.

In Perpignan
Perpignan, June 6. Following the distribution of subversive leaflets to the military by an arsenal worker, the Public Prosecutor's Office ordered an investigation and searches. Arrests will be made.
Furthermore, the military authorities were concerned about these distributions of pacifist leaflets and ordered an investigation.

In Tours
Tours, June 6. New searches were carried out in communist circles in Tours and the surrounding area, notably at the newspaper L'Avant-Garde, where several leaflets and posters were seized.
Arrests were made, including those of Lardeau, 39, living in La-Croix (Indre-et-Loire); Armand Courault, 33, a retail employee in Bléré; Quinton, from Joué-les-Tours; and Lambert, from Tours. They were arrested for distributing and posting leaflets inciting Moroccan soldiers to disobedience. Last night, a communist meeting was held, and several speakers denounced the military operations. No incidents were reported.

In Poitiers
Poitiers, June 6. Anti-militarist leaflets posted in several centers in the department were removed by the police. In Poitiers, searches were carried out. In Loudun, a communist was arrested.

BELGIUM EXPELS FOREIGN COMMUNISTS
Brussels, June 6. According to La Libre Belgique, the Public Security Directorate has just executed an expulsion order against seven foreign students from the University of Liège implicated in communist activities.
Among these students is a woman enrolled in a university. They were taken to the Luxembourg border. Temporary safe conduct may possibly be granted to those of these students who have registered for the July exams. (Havas.)

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