Show U. U S. S Grabs Ringleaders In Korea Leftist Plot Plod B By ROY BOY ROBERTS SEOUL Aug ug 22 Arrest P-Arrest UP Arrest of or numerous numero s ringleaders in wide pr a vi Y of a a I. revolutionary oJ tto ary nature In s southern southern Korea was announced announced an an- by Lt Gen John R R. Hodge Friday after the situation was disclosed dis closed Ios d by a p public bU Russian protest Col Gen Te Terenty ent F F chief of the Soviet delegation on the Joint commission seeking to toa a agree ree On a unified Ko Korean ean government govern government govern govern- ment meat issued a press press statement nt charging that mass arrest of leftists in the past 10 10 days apparently apparently was aimed at disrupting the work of ot the commission said he he had made the same statement two days ago at ata ata ata a commission meeting commission meeting and demanded demand demand- ed restoration of oC normal condi condi- Subsequently ly Hodge and Maj Gen Albert AlbertE E E. Brown Brown chief chiet of the American delegation n held press conferences dodge Hodge dge commander of the Am Amer American rican r- r r I ican occupation zone of southern Korea said sald Korean authorities had I arrested more than persons i in Seoul im and an undetermined nde d num number number num I ber in the provinces province He said those those arrested were were charged rioting attacking tt po- po police po poli police li lice e boxes and Interfering with the gov governments government's rice collecting pro pro- gram H He did not disclose the extent or location of ot the I rioting g. g Hodge said skid the situation 1 began with discovery in early August of at a. a plot by leftist of QC th the Ko Korean broadcasting asting system to sabot sabotage ge rightist speeches and in inject inject in- in jec communist propaganda Into programs Hodge said many of at those ar arrested arrested are rested belonged to org organizations tied to directions from the north north but added I 1 did not say from the Soviets but from th the north N Northern o 0 r t h e r r. r n K Korea rea Is Russian Russian- occupied 11 fhe The American commander also said There is rio ifo political significance I cance canoe in the arrests Some rightists rightists rightists rightists' right right- were arrested t too O. O |