EXHIBITION WRECKED
"DOWN WITH THE SOVIETS! ”
FASCIST PERPETRATION,
BRUSSELS, January 12
A gang of several scores of Fascist? invader! the Soviet exhibition. The leader blew a whistle am! a portion of the gang pinioned the attendants, while the remainder started wreckingthe exhibition. Lenin’s bust was the first thing smashed, while the busts of other Soviet leaders crashed to the floor. Paintings were cut wilh knives, and tables,, draperies and windows were destroyed.
Confusion reigned, and amid cries of “Down with the Soviets!” mirrors and vases were broken and books torn
The wreckers explained that they belonged to the League of National Youth, and had organised the raid as a protesj against lying descriptions of the ideal Soviet State and revolting pictures dealing with Russia under the Tsars. —A, and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 14 January 1928, Page 3
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