PLUNDERED VALUABLES
SILVER FROM BRITISH EMBASSY SEIZED BY AUTHORITIES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 9. (Received November IU, at 9.30 a.m.) The Latvian authorities, at the instance of the British Legation, seized what is believed to be a part of the hilvcr valuables plundered from the British Embassy in Leningrad in 1917. They were contained in seven cases addressed to a bankrupt merchant, and lav in the Customs for a year. When advertised for auction the British arms on the cutlery aroused suspicious, and the auction was 'delayed pending an investigation. Ihe eases also contain china bearing the Russian Imperial arms.— 1 The Times.’
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Evening Star, Issue 19710, 10 November 1927, Page 5
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104PLUNDERED VALUABLES Evening Star, Issue 19710, 10 November 1927, Page 5
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