Moscow, Feb. 16.
The "Farextia" has published semi-official statement with regard to three German students who have been arrested here and are alleged to be members of the German. Nationalist organization "Consul."
The "Investia" states that Soviet Government possesses clear. proofs that the students have come {to Russia to carry on espionage and counter-revolutionary propaganda inst the Soviet institutions and, that attempts also were to be made on the lives of prominent members of the Soviet hierarchy. The statement adds that the students came to Moscow with false passports and letters of recommendation from German professors and Liberal politicians, invoking the aid of Russian men of letters on behalf of fan imaginary scientific: mission—Reuter.
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