RUSSIAN TRIALS

Evening Star, Issue 20653, 28 November 1930, Page 9

RUSSIAN TRIALS

PROFESSOR RAMZIN’S STATEMENTS . INTERVENTIOH ALLEGATIONS PreM Association ByTelegrapb-Copyright. MOSCOW, November 26. In the course of his evidence i’ro*oi Ram-do described meetings in London at which he was assured that England would in the organisation of intervention, the Sir Henri l)e----terding and Urquhart groups and Conservatives, particular!/ Mr Winston Churchill, being especially interested. .In company with Larichev he met Colonel Lawrence in the presence of Simon, a director of the Vickers firm. After France had obtained a leading part in the intervention plans, England's interest, declined. France’s participation was the dominating factor from the beginning to the end. M. Poincare was the soul of the intervention movement, and was actively ®npported by M. Briand. Intervention was orHnally timed for 1928, then for 1980 which was re-nrf'od as the most difficult year of the Five Year Plan. Owing to the incompleteness of diplomatic preparation and the unpreparedness of the Industrial Party, intervention was postponed until 1931, when it was proposed, os a preliminary to intervention, to organise an economic blockade of Russia. Controversies broke out among the interventionist Powers regarding territorial acquisitions, and the Deterd'ng group and France sought concessions in the Caucasian oilfields tantamount to annexation. It was proposed to utilise the separatist tendencies of Ukrania and Georgia. “Therefore, despite the painfulness of the confession, I must admit that by agreeing to intervention we headed for a division of the country.” Ramzin wound up his confession by »aying; “ 1 am guilty; shoot me.” The * Pravda 1 publishes a statement tbat “M. Poincare will not always escape the clutches of proletarian justice.’' It paints a picture of a second Paris Commune, by which the Communists of Franco will “ bring the vipera to book.” ALLEGATIONS REPUDIATED LONDON, November 20. .Vickers, disclaim knowledge of Professor Ramzin’s allegations. Mr Simon, M. Poincare, and M, Briand have also issued denials of the ■tatements, which have not the slightest foundation in fact. TIME TO PROTEST • LONDON, November 27. ' The ‘Times' regrets that the Government has not protested against the allegations against Great Britain at the Moscow trial. “ The reason why the protest should bo made forcibly without delay is that the Soviet Government for imposes of internal politics, i»\Btirrinq nn passions in Russia which may only too easily become a danger to peace. When that propaganda resorts -to false propaganda against foreign Governments, it is high time for those Governments to use every possible means to put a stop to it.”