Zinovielf, a shadow of his former self, occupied the witness stand for two full hours to-day, during which he described a plot to kill M. Stalin without "making an effort to defend He confirmed all the prosecution's allegations, and explained that the chances of a coup seemed best in 1032 because of unfavourable economic conditions.
The possibility of seizing power, he declared, resulted in the formation of a bloc of the Trotsky, Zinovieff and Bukharin factions, In the course of his evidence, Kameneff testified that "Trotsky, Zinoviel and himself were—the organizers of a terroristic plot. They were angry with the Party leadership, and were craving power from which they were excluded by the progress of historical events, In August, 1994, he said, it was decided to hasten terroristic_activi-les. During this period Trotsky received, through Dreitzer, directions regarding the speeding up of terror-tatie action against Int Statin, Replying to the Attorney-General, Kamenev confirmed his leading role {in the organization of the assassination of Mf. Kirov.
An attempt to kill M. Stalin was to have been made last May Day during the demonstrations at the Red Square, according to the testi-many of Valentin Olberg, who stated that simultaneous attempts were to, have been made onthe lives of other Soviet leaders in Leningrad and Kiev.
He had' prepared a bomb, he said, and had arranged with student supporters of Trotsky to throw it when ing past the Soviet Dictator in the Red Square. A last-minute arrest, however, prevented the plot being' carried out.
The Attorney-General then produced in court what he described as a "Trotsky document." containing the words "Stalin must be destroyed.—Reuter.
Death sentence Demanded.
Moscow, Aug. 22.
'The death penalty was demanded here to-day in the case against Gregory Zinovielf and Leo Kamenev, defendants charged with counter-Fevolutionary activities. The prosecution characterized the two' de fendants as "rotten vile dregs humanity."
"AIL sixteen dogs must be shot," the prosecution demanded, -turnina their attention to the entire list of defendants in the case.
Leon Troisky's connection with. the anti-Soviet plot which included the assassination of M. Josef Stalin, was emphasized to-day as the pro= secution brought their statements to Death does not frighten me," M. 'S. V. Mirachovsky, one of the defendants said to-day in the first "fare well" address to be delivered.
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