RUSSIANS IN ENGLAND
"INVITED" TO RETURN HOME
PENALTIES OF DISOBEDIENCE
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright)
(Received 9th April, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, Bth April. Twenty Russians at present in England have received a letter from tho Consul-General in London, inviting them to return to Russia within seven days, failing which they will become liable under a decree to' be outlawed, their properly confiscated, and to be executed by shooting 24 hours after identification.
The "Morning Post" publishing a facsimile production of part of the. original letter, says: "The men were dismissed recently when che Soviet trade delegation was reorganised. They wero ordered to return to Moscow." Editorially tiie "Post" asks: "Will the Russians be kidnapped like Koutepoff, or will they be shot within the precincts of the Russian Embassy, or smuggled aboad a vessel and massacred at leisure?"
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 9 April 1930, Page 9
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