Dr. Withelm asked the Court to rule on his motion, whereupon Mr. Ivanoff: said that, just a minute or two before, Dr. Wilhelm had objected to the translation on the ground that it was not correct but now.
admitted that it was correct Dr. Wilhelm denied that he admitted that the translation was} correct but he demanded that the! article should be translated by an impartial person.
Mr. Ivanoff said that it had been AAs @ result of the publication of the article, a number of members had dropped out of the membership)
He could not give a correct estimate of.the damage suffered but the reason why the members withdrew was that the article was published and that the Evening News"
and the other papers had failed to publish a denial. He could say that the Club made a profit of between $1,200 and $1,300 monthly but, September, as' a result of|We strongly resent it. the' offending article there was a deficit of something like $300.
The Cause of Complaint Cross-examined by Dr. Wilhelm, witness said that to become a member it was necessary to make application.
Anybody could join. The Club was run for commercial gain and most of the money was made by gambling, ete.
Tt was not limited to Russian military invalids.
Mr, Ivanoff:—This kind of ques-Honing is wasting the time of the Ce object.
We are ce plaining of a gross libel, The Russian Club is a plain club and it is The not a Bolshevik organization. There no Red propaganda. It-is not Communist nest. We are suing] because defendant said that we are Bolsheviks and" we are yot. Our verned by the reguiatio The members' play card games just as they do in other clubs, such as the Shanghai Club, the American Club and the French Club.
Defendants can say that but they can't say we are Bolshevik The witness at this juncture spoke to Mr. Ivanoff in Russian and Dr.
Wilhelm drew the Court's attention to the fact that he had asked lawyer if it was necessary to answer:
questions asked and that Nr. Tvanoff had replied that, ally, was not.
Mr. Ivanoff said that his words were that witness could! answer if he iked and refuse to answer if he did not.
Dr. Witheln that his point a8 to show that the Club was out to make as much money as. the possibly could. Mr. Ivanoff protested and Dr. Wilhelm appealed to the Court for protection.
Continuing, the latter said that the Club had lost cantref over its members.
Mr. Ivanoff, in very loud tones:—"Counsel has conunitted a new libel against the Club. I ask the Court to take note of it. He said that the Club -has lost control over its members, There will now be a nev action? against Dr. Wilhelm, who has publicly" libelled my clients, He niust prove his statements to the Court. He should not make statements which he cannot prove."
Dr. Wilhelm:—"Oh, thank you."
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