MISS MALECKA'S TRIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 114, 13 May 1912, Page 5

MISS MALECKA'S TRIAL.

SENTENCED TO FOUR -TEARS. QUESTION OF NATIONALISM. ST. PETERSBURG, May 11. The trial of Miss Malecka, on a charge of belonging to a revolutionary organisation, has concluded at Warsaw. The accused was found guilty and sentenced to four years' penal servitude. The prosecution asserted that Miss Malecka was associated with Joseph Pilsudzki, the organiser of two bomb attacks on trains carrying Government funds. Miss Piekarska. a witness, stated that Miss Malecka knew Broni.slas Pilsndzki, a Polish ethographer. and not Joseph Pilsudzki. The accused acted as an intermediary for the sale of Bronislas Pilsudzki"s collection to the Cambridge University. Counsel , for the defence stated that, being an Englishwoman, and not suspecting any prosecution. Miss Malecka, who merely" held Socialist opinions, went to Poland to see her father's country and to visit Chopin's birthplace. THE NATURALISATION PAPERS. BRITAIN'S 'POSITION. (Received 9.10 a.m.) LONDON. May 12. The "Chronicle" says that the Foreign I Office must insist on the recognition of the naturalisation papers granted to Miss Malecka's father and her passport. Other newspapers state that the Ruesian Government emphasises that a Russian is unable to change his nationality without the Czar's consent, which the father had not obtained.