FORGERY TRIAL.

Press, 1 February 1930, Page 17

FORGERY TRIAL.

A COUNSEL'S ALLEGATIONS. (U!tITX« PB«8S ASSOCIATIOX—B* EtECTRIO TILKGBiPH —COPTBIGHT.) BERLIN. January 30. Herr Sack, counsel for one of the defendants in the trial of Trofessor Karunidze, is applying for leave to submit evidence which will allegedly prove that the Bolshevik Government were the authors of the great forgery of hundred dollar bills. He wishes to call tho chiefs of the political and criminal police here, who, he declared, know th<? facts. Herr Sack affirms that the Soviet hnd English, American, and Chinese paper money forged to the extent of a nominal value of £500.000,000. [Professor Karunidze is the central figure in a trial in which it is alleged that be and others, for the purposes of securing funds to free Georgia from Soviet influences, forged bank notes extensively. They planned a revolt, and, it is alleged, had the support of British oil interests, the name of Sir Henri Deterding being mentioned. It was stated that one of tho objects of the revolt was to secure control of rich oil w<?lls for Britain, these at present being owned by the Soviet.] EVIDENCE NOT ADMITTED. \Keeeived January 31st, 11 p.m.) BERLIN, January 30. At the Karunidze trial the Judge refused to admit the evidence referred to earlier, and contented himself by affirming that the Court was willing to recognise the general principle that the forging of bank notes is a political weapon employed by States engaged in hostile intrigue against other States.