Latvian Intrigue Against Match Monopoly Riga, Aug. 14.
Several arrests are imminent, arising from the newspaper pub: lication of a facsimile of a letter alleged to have been written by the Swedish Match Ca. to its representa, tive here in which the payment of £10,000 to the Ministey of Finance! and a local solicitor is mentioned in connection with efforts to obtain the monopoly in Latvia.
The police are making an active search for the original from which the facsimile was taken.
Tt is admitted that' the letterheading and signature of the director at the foot are genuine, but the text, it iv said, was only' pasted on the paper and has been found tobe a forgery.
The newspaper which published the document represents the Opposition, which is carrying on a eamaig against the proposed mon>- poly-—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.