ARREST IN MOSCOW
SIR E. AND LADY WRENCH CHARGE LATER DROPPED SUSPICION OF FOREIGNERS By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received July 28, 5.5 p.m.) » Times Cable LONDON, Sir Evelyn and Lady Wreuch were arrested on a charge of photographing the Lenin Historical Museum, although they had not been forbidden to do so, says the Moscow correspondent of the Times. The charge was .dropped without apology. The incident is typical of the intense suspicion with which foreigners are regarded. Sir Evelyn Wrench is vice-president and founder of the Overseas League, and chairman of the Spectator. He toured' the Dominions in 1912-13. Besides the Overseas League he founded the English-speaking Union and the All-Peoples' Association. : . • "Lady Wrench was formerly married to the late Sir Victor Brooke and her present husband, Sir Evelyn, is her cousin. She is of French birth. She has been Honorary Controller of the Overseas League since 1918.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23411, 29 July 1939, Page 14
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