Relinquished in View of Pos sibility of Early Release The two Soviet Russians, Socal and Berg, who had been on a hunger strike in Soochow for 15 days, gave up the strike last Friday after being advised that there was a possibility of their release in the near future, Socall and Berg were acquitted in the District Court in Soochow on December 16, but were retained in custody because the Procurator protested against the decision and filed an appeal. Their case is to come before the Supreme Court in Nanking in the near future, The other three Russians who were arrested simultaneously, me cluding Mrs. Verger, are awaiting strict Court in Soo to note was better known as Zilbert, probably the most known of the Russian military advisors next to General Galen. He was one of the Seven corps commanders sent to China by Soviet Russia, and among the Chinese generals whom advised were some of the principal ones in the Kuomintang army including General Ho Yin-ching.
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