Torture of Church-goers Alleged
LETTISH COLONISTS ARRESTED. United Press Association. —By Electrit Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Sunday, 7 p.m. LONDON, Aug. 2. The Times Riga correspondent says Latvian papers declare that the Tchcka after atrociously torturing them, shot 14 Lettish Colonists in the province of Smolensk on a charge of harbouring a priest and attending services in contravention of the rules restricting the movements and activities of ministers of religion. Despite the appeals of relatives to bury the dead privately, the bodies were thrown into a common grave. Their property, even to clothing, was confiscated, leaving the families destitute. Tho Tcheka also sent 130 Colonists attending the services to the notorious Solovetsky prison camp, where the conditions arc described as hell.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7295, 4 August 1930, Page 7
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