RAIDS ON RADICALS
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS SEIZED. CORRUPTING WORLD CURRENCIES MILLIONS OF COUNTERFEIT NOTES. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received January 7, 9.30 a.m. NEW YORK, January 5. Documents seized during the raids on the Radicals disclose that Lenin anu Trotsky attempted to corrupt ,the world's currencies by means of the circulation of counterfeit money. The Moscow mint is believed to have produced millions of bank notes, counterfeiting those of the allied banks. DRASTIC LEGISLATION PROPOSED. DEATH FOR TREACHERY. FINES, INTERNMENT, DEPORTATION: (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Reccifed January 7, 9.55 a.m. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. In the House of Representatives Mr Graham introduced a Bill providing drastic punishment for persons attempting to overthrow the Government Treason is punishable with death, and any one agitating for the overthrow of the Government will be subject to a fine of £4OOO, with 20 years' imprisonment and deportation after serving the sentence if he be an alien. Anyone giving financial aid or providing meeting quarters for anarchists will be guilty of felony.
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14257, 7 January 1920, Page 5
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167RAIDS ON RADICALS Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14257, 7 January 1920, Page 5
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