SOVIET TRIAL
CATHOLIC BISHOP CHARGED ALLEGED ESPIONAGE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 23. (Received January 24, at 9.5 a.m.) The Riga correspondent of ‘ The Times’ states that the Soviet military tribunal at Kioff is trying the Roman Catholic Bishop Skalsky, who is of Polish nationality, on charges of counterrevolution and espionage, involving the death penalty. When the other ecclesiastics accompanied the departing Polish troops in 1920 Bishop Skalsky remained at Kicff, and hid in a belfry for five weeks, after which he resumed his duties. The charges include maintaining relations with Poland, to which lie gave a review of the Catholics’ position in the Ukraine and agitation against the Soviet.— ‘ Tks Times.’ ,
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Evening Star, Issue 19772, 24 January 1928, Page 6
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