COMMUNISTS ACTIVE.
PROPAGANDA IN TURKEY. ENGINEERED BY SOVIET. (Per Press Association— Copyright.) (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m.) CONSTANTINOPLE, January 17. Four ringleaders of the Communists who were arrested admitted trying, m conjunction with Moscow, to foster Communism in Turkey. They stayed at Vienna en route from Russia to Turkey. Dr. Chefik Husni is stated to be the soul of the organisation. The Constantinople corresiifiadent of "The Times" stated in a, dispatch dated November 21 that police discovered a widespread Communist movement engineered by Chefik Husni Bey, who was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment in 1926 for Communist activities, but escaped to Russia. He returned disguised, using a French passport, 'and began meetings, distributing Communist propaganda, mere have already been 64 arrests, including two officials of the local branch of Arcos, an employee of a Russian bank, and the secretary of the Turkish Communists. LITHUANIAN ORGANISATION. MANY ARRESTS IN KOVNO. (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m.) ' KOVNO, January 17. Many arrests followed the discovery of a Communist organisation Here.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 83, 18 January 1928, Page 5
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