Riga, Sept. 19. The trial of a fresh batch of five alleged counter-revolutionaries named Balmasov, Solsky,—Stroyer, Samilov and Aderkas, is to. open shortly at Leningrad. The authorities represent the trial ay an Unmasking of foreign Governments, particularly those of Britain, Fine land, Poland and Latvia.—Reuter.
Moscow, Sept, 2k.
With reference to the trial Leningrad of the five alleged counter-revolutionists Balmasov, Solsky, Stroyer, Samoilov and Aderkas, according to the official account Bal-mason and Solsky admitted espionage and the preparation of terroristic acts while Samoflov and Aderkas confessed to espionage but repudiated the suggestion that they had been guilty of terrorism, Balmasov, who was formerly al captain in the Imperial Russian Army, is alleged to have declared that he received 2,000 marks from Jan agent of the Finnish Intelligence Service for providing information [with regard to the military defence lof Karelia, an autonomous republic bordering on Finland—Reuter,
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