BELGIAN FASCISTS
SOVIET EXHIBITION WRECKED SCENE OF CONFUSION. Press Association- By Telegraph—Copyright. BRUSSELS, January 12. A gang of several scores of Fascists invaded the Soviet exhibition. _ Tho leader blew a whistle, and portion of the gang- pinned the attendants while the remainder started wrecking the exhibition, Lenin’s bust was the first thing smashed, while busts of other Soviet leaders crashed to the floor. Paintings were cut- with knives, and tables, draperies, and windows were destroyed. Confusion reigned, and amid cries of “ Down with the Soviet,” mirrors and vases were broken and books torn up. The wreckers explained that they belonged to the League of National Youth, and had organised the raid as a protest against the lying descriptions of an • ideal Soviet State and against tho revolting pictures dealing witK Russia vader the Tsar’s regime.
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Evening Star, Issue 19764, 14 January 1928, Page 5
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