The Archive · 1928

RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER SUED) FOR LIBEL

The French Mixed Court has rendered judgment in the case in which the Chinese Eastern Railway, represented by N.S. Yephyrin and Y. J. Li, ger and sub-manager of the Shanghai commercial agency of the jway, brought a criminal action V. A. Chilikin, editor of the Russian newspaper "Outro, for alleged Me, Barraud and Messrs. Flem-

Allman appeared for the plaintiff railway, and Me. P. Premet defended.

The article complained of was published on January 5, when in it was stated that the Russian Communists, having been ousted from the other organizations, had decid-_ ed to utilize the commercial agend of C. E. R. as Communist agencies, and that, for this purpose, they had already sent funds and instructions! to the commercial agency at Shanghai pending the arrival of qualified

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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