RED RULE IN MOSCOW.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 14 October 1926, Page 7

RED RULE IN MOSCOW.

Suppressing the Opposition

STRAIGHT TALK FROM SOVIET,

By Cablo —Press Association —Copyright, 'pstralian and N.Z. Cable Aseoclatlea.

(Received October 13, 9.10 p.m.) LONDON, October Id. The news regarding Trotsky and the others reported yesterday, emanated from Berlin. It lias not been confiimed that tho actual trial has opened, though there is ground for belief teat some sort of interrogation occurred. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Riga correspondent suggest*? th<vt tho Central Control Commission is constituting itself a party jury to meet in a few days and arraign tho leaders of the Opposition. Tho “Telegraph’s” diplomatic, correspondent says that M. Kras.sin s interview with Sir Austen Chamberlain, with reference to credits, proved fruitless, the Foreign Secretary intimating as previously, that Soviet propaganda, aggravated by support of the British miners’ strike, was not calculated to facilitate the aims of M. Ivrassin s mission.