A FIERY COMMUNIST.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 11, 14 January 1925, Page 5

A FIERY COMMUNIST.

SADOUL ON TRIAL. A FRENCHMAN'S REVELATION.; PARIS, January 13. The frial ha? fommcnml of the firmer French Army captain, Sadoul. The prisoner made a remarkable statement. He expressed his joy at beniL' able to confront accusers, and proceeded to mnke w nsnt ioniil revelations rpfrardinc; the part M. Xouleus, Francli Amba--ador to Pet.ropnid, played in 1 ho Ribsian revolution. Sadoul said M, Xonlens was cotivirrcd i that t!ie Czar would lie spivdilv i restored, whereas Sndnnl belie\ed the revolution would consolidate T.cnin. Trotsky constantly annealed i,, Frame | for help in continuing the w,i<- a 1 ,.1 in~t Germany, said Sad.ml. but M. N'ouleiis ; refused." Therefore the p. a.c of l!r.-t-' Litvosk was sicrned. | Sadoul concluded his spe.u-h by . : ,v. ! inp: '-Revolution alone r:xn -:n, Fnin.r. | It is revolution or d.nth." Tlie aecuaed was released ponilini; n supplementary inquiry into the chiiji'•a£Tainst him following t",lay's hearin;;. Padoul expressed the opinion th:i* inwas not beitifr tried for :; flntinilc offenre, but on account of !i;~ p<.lit i-;il opinions.— (A. am! N.Z. ( able.) ' Sudotil, formerly of the Freivli Army, was sentence.! to death in HUH for jpiving information likely to be of use to Oermany. Siuloul did not r.-tiirn to 'France apparently until punishment for [war crimes was becoming unfashionable, but lately he returned. Am\ Flench anxiety as to Soviet in!luem-e I,> ( ] t,, investijratinn at the Russian where it was declared there would be no interference with Frame's dome-i ie affair=. Sailoul was arrested and .!■■.!;.!•■! that he had returned to France with the specific intention of conibattitiL , the sentence of death passed mi him live. years '