EXHIBITION WRECKED.
BRUSSELS FASCISTS' ACT. PROTEST AGAINST SOVIET CLAIMS (Per Press Association—Copyright.) BRUSSELS, January 12. A gang of several scores of Fascists invaded the Soviet Exhibition. The leader Mew a whistle and a portion of the gang pinned the attendants while the remainder started wrecking the exhibition. Lenin's bust was the first thing smashed, while the busts of other leaders were dashed on the floor. Paintings were cut with knives, and tables, draperies and windows destroyed. Confusion reigned, and amid cries of "Down with the Soviets," mirrors and vases were broken, and books torn up. The wreckers explained that they belonged to the League of National Youth and had organised the raid as a protest against the lying descriptions of the ideal Soviet State, and also the revolting pictures dealing with Russia under the Czars.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 80, 14 January 1928, Page 5
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