The Archive · 1930

Charge by Soviet Fails

Paris, Jan, 27.

M. Saveli Litvinoff, a brother of! the Soviet Commissar of Foreign Affairs, and two alleged accomplices named Joffe and Ledorius, who were charred at the Seine Assizes with forgery and swindling, were ac-Guitted to-day.

The Soviet alleged that Litvinoff drew and attempted to negotiate in Paris £200,000 bills of account of} the Soviet Commercial Mission in Berlin, to which he was attached.

Litvinoff maintained that he was! acting under orders from his superior, Touroff, who was killed in Moscow in 1928, and that the pro-eyeds of the draft were used for Soviet propaganda—Reuter. tions before the Mexican embassies at Washington, Buenos Aires, and Rio de Janeiro, The' Mexican Government held Moscow responsible] for these demonstrations.

The Mexican here, in accordance with the orders Government, ift for Mexico yester-In explaining the recall of the Mexican Mission in Moscow, the Mexican Foreign Minister, Senor jenaro Estrada, said that his Go-ment did not hold any of the! countries in which the Communist demonstrations occured responsible for these happenings—Reuter.

Mexican Communist Demonstration Washington, Feb. 1. munists took place in front of the Anothier demonstration by Com-

SARAJEVO MURDER—Mepicin Embassy to-day.

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