Berlin, Oct. 28.
Before leaving Germany, Mr. Garfield Hays, an American lawyer, who was a member of the London committee which enquired into the Reichstag fire, issued a statement declaring. that after watching the trial in Germany of the alleged fire conspirators he is convinced that 'Torgler, Dimitroff, Popoff and Taneft are all' innocent of the charge of complicity in the affair.
Mr. Hays. states that the te many given in Berlin and Leipzig confirms the evidence presented in Tondon with regard to the innocence of these accused. He believes that they will be acquitted—Reuter, Enrico Caruso, son of the singer, has been sentenced to two years! imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of 1,500 lire Yor an alleged assault on a peasant, who i joved to be permanently injured. Enrico's brother, Rodolfo, was also charged, but was' aequitted.-—Reutcr.
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