"REDS SEE RED."

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 134, 9 June 1927, Page 7

"REDS SEE RED."

NOTE TO POLAND.

yoikoff Murder Part <of AntiSoviet Scheme.

GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE,

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MOSCOW,. June 7.

A strung note of protest has been handed to the Polish Minister to Russia (M. Patek) consequent on the assassination of XL Yoikoff:.

The Note described the niuiider as an unprecedented criminal act. It alleged that it was bound tip in a wniole series of acts which aimed at the of the diplomatic representation of the Soviet abroad. particular reference for inclusion in these alleged acts was made to .the raids on Soviet buildings at Peking and in London, and to what was termed Britain's provocative diplomatic rupture. The Xote said these acts had let loose the activity of terrorist groups who, in their powerless, blind hatred against the working classes, had seized th|3 weapon of political murderers. Further, the Note accused U'oland of tot having taken the necessary measures against "the criminal acthrities of ccunter-revolutionary terrorist organisations." The fact was recalled that Oie Soviet recently drew the attention of Poland to the activities of the "White Guard Terrorists," and had repeatedly warned Poland against provocative criminal acts resulting from those activities. In conclusion, the Note saidr "Poland irannot repudiate the responsibility for this" crime. The Soviet Government reserves the right to revert to iifae matter when it has received exhaustive details jf the assassination." GOES TOO FAR. BRITISH OPINION OF NOTE. LONDON, June 8. The general opinion of the) Russian Note to Poland about the muriier of M. Voikoff as expressed in thej London newspapers is that "the Reds ;jire seeing red." ' In criticising the Note it is remarked that within a few hours of th*; crime it links it up with the raids ■c>n Soviet House, London, and the Soviet Embassy at Peking, and with the rupture of diplomatic relations by Britain. Every allowance is made icysr Russian indignation, but it is considered that M. Litvinoff goes too far when he holds the Polish Government responsibly for the assassin's act. Moreover, it is -considered childish to regard the crime asv part of a plot to destroy the diplomatic' representation of the Soviet abroad. ! Clearly the murder of M. V«t>ikoff was an act of revenge, said M. Sa Mine, who was Russian Charge d'Affaires in London under "the regime of the Tsar, in an interview published in the "Evening News." He said the victim, of the crime had always been associq ted with the murder of the Tsar and fcis family at Ekaterinburg. MOST HATED BOLSHEVIK. The "News" says M. Voikoff was president of the Ekaterinburg .'Soviet in 1919 and that as such he signed the death-warrant for the murdar of the Tsar and his family. He was, it says, actually present in the cellar \>i hen they were shot. Ever since then M. Voikoff liad been the most hated of all Bolsheviks. He was one of the original niembejrs of the Russian Communist party before the war. For some time he was in prison. Later he went to Switzerland jand came under the influence of Lenin when he Was a student at Geneva University. M. Voikoff accompanied Lenin to Russia during the war to foment the revolution. In 1923 he was 'appointed head of the Russian trade delegation to Canada. His appointment was cancelled »y the Canadian Government -when his association with the murder of the Tsar Became known.—Sydney "Suni." DOWNING STREET VIEW. "OBVIOUSLY MDICin.OTJS." (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON; June 8. 'Obviously ridiculous," i s Downing Street's comment on M. Litvinoff's clumsy attempt to link Brita in with the responsibility of the assassination of .Voikoff. Official quarters, replying t<> the comments regarding the large number of Soviet Russians allowed to remain in London, point out that those jncluded in the list after the Acros raid bfui already left. The others are only in permissive residence and subject to perio flic review.