INVITED TO RETURN
RUSSIANS IN ENGLAND. o THE PENALTY OF REFUSAL. OUTLAWRY AND EXECUTION. United Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) LONDON, April 8. Twenty Russians at present in England received a letter from the ConsulGeneral ''in London inviting them to i eturn to Russia within seven days, failing which they would become liable, under a decree, to he outlawed, their property would be confiscated, and they would be liable to execution by shooting 24 hours after identification. The “Morning Post,” publishing a facsimile reproduction of part of the original letter, says: “The men were dismissed recently when the Soviet trade delegation was reorganised. They weit? ordered to return to Moscow.” Editorially, the “Post” asks: “Will the Russians be kidnapped like General Koutepoff, or will they shot within .the precincts of the Russian Embassy or smuggled aboard a vessel and massacred at leisure?”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 152, 9 April 1930, Page 5
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