DRAMATIG RUSSIAN TRIAL

Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1930, Page 7

DRAMATIG RUSSIAN TRIAL

CHARGE OF INTERFERENCE PROSECUTOR’S DENUNCIATION •. / LURID PICTURES PAINTED ACCUSED MEN RIDICULED By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 7 p.m. x Moscow, Dec. 4. In ironical mood Krilenko began his spec, i for th© prosecution in the trial of eight Russians on charges of organising destructive activities in preparation for the intervention of foreign States. He ridiculed Ramzin as a dupe of the monarchists and capitalists. Addressing Ramzin directly ho exclaimed: “They have used you and then t<... you to get out, you serf!” Luridly Krilenko pictured the recent White Russian demonstration in Paris, derisively reading, th© names of present and former grand dukes, generals, priests and courtiers which were received with paroxysms of laughter) He also violently . ttaeked M. Poincare and M. Deterging and declared: “We never, never interfered with France and Britain as they interfere with us.” He described "the* accused as saboteurs of the five years plan which, despite the scepticism of the world, Russia had successfully accomplished. z The accused were x .pale and showed signs of nervous straiu.