Berlin, Jan. 80.
'De' the hearing here to-day fof the charges of forging bank. motes against two Russians and even Germans, counsel for the de-Fence asserted that the Soviet itself for political purposes, had. forged English, American and Chinese currency notes, valued at £500,000,000, ind had sent two tons of such notes to'General Feng and one ton to the Soviet army in the Far Bast.
Counsel's allegation was supported by, the police.
may de recalled that extraord-Svary' allegations against high Ger-nan military leaders and others were fade on January 13 in. the Com: nunist newspaper "Rote Fahne" in connection with the alleged plot to Sverthrow the 'Soviet by. flooding 'Russia with millions of spurious) Soviet bank-not 'Dr. Weber, an extreme Nationalist) from Frankfurt, who gave evidence ft'the frst heating' of the ease, tated that he and his friends had ce-operated in an attempt to over-how the Soviet and that as the Ferult_ of discussions Which he had with General Hoffman, the German Commander-in-chief on the Russ Sront daring part of the Great Wa plan to this end was drawn up.
The "Rote Fahne" then alleged hat General von Kessenstein, an in-Aimate friend of General Greener, the German Minister of Defence, arranged for the first meeting be-five en aman named Karumidze, a former" member of the Georgian Parliament, who is the principal aejeused, and the late General Hoffman, The Communist newspaper went fon to say that a number of conferences were held atthe German Mendquarters in. the Caveasus, where General von Kressenstein was Then in command, at which th British general, who in 1919 ws commanding the British troops th ook over tie occupation of Georg from the Germans, was present.
It said that General von Kressenatom's Chief-of-StalT drew up plans for a revolt in the Caveasus against Russia, the "Georgian - Karumidze implying the necessary information, "The paper udded thatthe German officers rejected the British idea to attack the Soviets from Persia, prosing instead an attack "from
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