Dr. Wilhelm:—I wish to make brief statement before the. Court adjourns. My clients are far from accusing' people who are working} for a worthy cause and who are fighting the Bolsheviks or have nothing to do with Bolshevism, a Yeing Bolsheviks. The best proof] of this is the fact that my client was and still is a member of the Russian Club. It would mean that} he is accusing himself of being Bolshevik and engaged in Bolshevik' propaganda if he did. The article was copied from.a Japanese paper, the "Shanghai Nippo," and did: not come to the "Evening News" direct. Tam authorized to say that we do not hesitate to apologize to th: Union of Russian Military Invalds. if the article refers to the club' conducted by them. We know perfectly well that the Union is a White Russian organization and has nothing whatever to do with the Reds, "We are prepared to publish, statement informing the public in general that the article does not refer to the Russian Club conducted by the Union of Russian Military Invalids. We are prepared to opclogize for printing the article if] it refers to complainants, but. this must not be taken as an admissi of quilt, It is a plea that the case might be settled on an amicable basis as T have suggested. Mr. Mayer did not receive the letter addressed to the "Evening News" but another member of the staff got it and failed to pass it on to him. 1 think that this explanation should be quite satisfactory to the Union of Russian Military Invalids: and the Russian Club.
The Judge then adjourned the! hearings until Friday next and) suggested that the parties should
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