OFFICERS MASSACRED
SEVERAL HUNDRED KILLED RUSSIAN BRUTALITY HAD \ T OT ENTERED SERVICE, (Elefr. T«l. Cotjyrleht—TTnitDd truss Assn.) (Received February 4, 1 p.m.) RIGA, Feb. 3.
The greatest massacre of officers ,sinco the early days of the .Soviet levolution is reported. The Ogpu carried out a mass execution of all the remaining ex-naval officers, amounting to several hundred, who had not entered the Soviet service, although they remained in Warsaw. The victims were shot at various prison •camps, where (hey had been confined since last year. Relatives have appealed to others of the same religion at Riga to hold Requiem Mass, which is not permitted in Russia. Accordingly, the Orthodox Russian Church is organising a great, I'atiikhida for to-morrow.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17175, 4 February 1930, Page 11
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