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LONG TRIAL OPENS. TO OVERTHROW THE SOVIET. (United Press Association—Copyright.) /"Received This Day. 10.55 a.m.) v . BERLIN, January 7. A 30 days’ trial has begun of the uncrowned King of Georgia, Professoi Shavla Karunidze, and also of six Germans, on a charge. of conspiring to '.forge masses of Russian notes in the hopes of causing an economic crash m Russia and overthrowing the Soviet. In the rush attack led by the Tannenberg hero, General Hossmann, it is suggested that the real prize was the control of the Georgian oil wells. Tn this connection it is implied that the great oil magnates, including one Briton, are behind the plot. Karunidze protests that his only motive was to free Georgia. Rasputin’s secretary,* t Baron von Steinheil, residing at Paris.'is allegedly involved, but' extradition has been refused.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 74, 8 January 1930, Page 5
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136FORGED CURRENCY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 74, 8 January 1930, Page 5
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