London, Sept. 20.
The international legal commission which has been conducting a shadow trial" of the persons of setting fire to the building in February Published its lengthy findings to-day, The commission reached the conclusion that the accused, Torgler, Dimitotf, Popoff and Tanneft—-who will "appear before the Supreme Court at Leipzig to-day—were not concerned, directly or indirectly, with the fire, Grave grounds exist, says the commission, to suspect that the Reichstag building was set on fire on behalf of leading Nazi personalities. The Communists are completely exonerated by the commission, which finds that the fifth accused, Van Der Lube, was an anti-Com: munist who could not have committed the crime alone.—Reuter.
High Treason Charge ems, Sept. 2
Fascist atmosphere pervaded final overcrowded Telpaig Supreme Cou tosday. when ithe
dent, De Boengers "opened the fac sotihis the" aged" Pres trial of the sive persons ecused of fron of the leichtag on February Together with high teen son, van Der Labbe, the with accused who' th only Ht years old but walks With a stoon, entered the court Toor Teavily"matacled" the other Tour Wwere without manactess 'They were Turvounded' by seven" plain dates president of (he Eelpetg Cours BE" Buenger, and. after' he. stated that from shout October 11 snares the court would adjourn to" Hent wiert the hearings' would be com: tinued in the ruined Reichstag building, the net Of ccuraton wat read og, cused ate charged with high treason for having attempted to violently overthrow "the Constitution of the German Reich by otting fire to the Reichstag building, with the object of bringing about an. open insurrection. "In. addition.
lavius van dev Lube is charged with attempted arson on the former Imp the city-hall. of Berlin and the public welfare offices in Neukoelin, one of the workers districts of the capital Dr. Buenger emphasised the high importance of the trial to Germany. He, deplored the attempt to prejudge the trial by the inquiry which was: held in London, and also the way} tthe trial had been prejudiced by the foreign press. He referred to. the: monstrous accusations that Nazi Tenders had fired the Reichstag aged President then turned to Van Der Lubbe and. informed him that the death penalty was preseribed for the offence with which he_was charged.
The examination of Van Der Lubbe then followed—Reuter.
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