STAY IN NORWAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 206, 31 August 1936, Page 7

STAY IN NORWAY.

Soviet Asks Deportation of Trotsky. CLOSER CONFINEMENT. (Received 0.30 a.m.) LONDON, August 30. An Oslo message states that following Trotsky's admission of having corresponded with organisations in France and elsewhere that were in sympathy with his ideals, he was asked to sign more stringent conditions for his continued stay in Norway but refused. The Ministry of Justice thereupon decided that he should be immediate! v interned.

His two secretaries were deported and the police afterwards escorted Trotsky to a house in which lie will remain isolated and closely guarded until a suitable new home is found for him. The Minister of Justice, Dr. Lie, states that he is trying to find a more suitable place for Trotsky to reside in. He would be only too glad if Trotsky obtained a visa from another country, which would enable him to leave Norway. A Moscow message states that the Soviet has requested Norway to deprive Trotsky of the right of asylum in that country, stating that his continued residence there will endanger the friendly relations between Norway and Russia. The Soviet in its note refers to. the discussion by the League of Nations on December 10, 1034,-relative to the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia and M. Barthou of France, when the obligation of members of the League to assist each other in the fight against terrorism was acknowledged.