BANISHED BY SOVIET

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 January 1928, Page 11

BANISHED BY SOVIET

LATE EDITION

OPPOSITIONISTS PUNISHED.

FIFTY-TWO TO LEAVE RUSSIA

TROTSKY DEFIANT

BT CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT

Received 12.55 p.m. to-day-BERLIN, Jan. 10. Soviet circles confirm the statement that 52 Oppositionists, including Trotsky, have been ordered to be banished 10-r three years, during which each will receive a pittance of nine roubles monthly. Some- have already been deported to- the Siberian wilderness or cholera areas. It is denied that Zinovieff and Kamencff have been banished, but it is hinted that the former seemed immunity bv writing an anti-Trotsky pamphlet.' It is reported that Paitakoff, the former trade representative in France, was ordered a*> a punishment to go to Australia to buy wool. Paitakoff is reported to have ironically replied: “The first time I dealt in sheep was when I became opposed to the Stalinites. Therefore; I am notQualified to serve as a wool expert. Trotskv boasts that only force wall take him to banishment in Astrakhan. Received 1.45 p.m. to-day. BERLIN, Jan. 11.

The banishment of 52 Oppositionists is a sequel to the Soviet’s unsuccessful campaign to restore discipline in factories where it was found that opposition propaganda was too deep-rooted. Tin' l Moscow area is the worst of tho secret political police wanted to imprison the offenders, but M. Stalin insisted that banishment was sufficient. Among those sentenced and their destinations are the “Pravada s leader writer. M. Sosnovsld and M.Tsrnenko. both being sent to Siberia ; M. Smmrnoff. to the Trans-Gasman, area; 31 Vukovitrh. Communist international leader, to North Dvin-sk; and M. Rakovskv. to Archangel. _ . Meanwhile Trotsky remains at Moscow talking defiance.