IN HANDS OF SOVIET.
NEWSPAPER REPRESENTATIVE EXPELLED. By Cabbi—Press Association—CopyrlgiH Sydney ” Situ ” Service. (Received April 29, 7.40 p.m.) LONDON, April 28. Because he acted as correspondent for the "Daily News,” a young Leicester engineer named Edward Rimington, was expelled from Russia, destitute after ten weeks ill-treat-ment in a Soviet prison. Although the editor cf the “Daily Nows” appointed him with the sanction of the Soviet Foreign Office, Rimington was arrested on a charge of espionage, after telegraphing the story of M. Kameneff’s fall, and was treated with every conceivable indignity. He was told lie had been sentenced to death. He was thrown into a filthy prison, with fifteen others, who were unaware of the charge against them. The Soviet explained that Rimington falsely represented himself as a Communist.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 30 April 1926, Page 9
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128IN HANDS OF SOVIET. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 30 April 1926, Page 9
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