Twenty-four Moscow, Apr. members of a ligious organ zation of terrorists and spies" have been arrested in the Moscow, region, the "Rabotchaia Moskva," organ of the Council of Trade Unions here, announces today. The leaders in this group are de-gnated in the newspaper only by initials and are declared to include an archbishop, a bishop and a former count, Among the members of this religious organization are said to be several popes, deacons or novitiates, monks, nuns, preachers, leaders of religious sects and a number of laymen, former property-owners or Konia!
The newspaper baring this "terrousts and spies" organi that had confessed to n groups. Preacher Fateev and several others incited young people belonging to religious sects to refuse to do their military service. These men directed the organization called "Enemies of War" and carried out espionage activities.
Count K. is said to have confessed te furnishing information on military affairs to someone abroad. This information is declared to have been "drawn out of faithful church-goers who confessed to their priests."
The '"Rabotchaia Moskva" continues, former proprietor Protassov admitted to spying for Japan, passing information through an accomplice in Harbin; this last-named had also given Japan calumnious details on the life of workers in the U.S.S.R. it is claimed, using a code drawn from bible texts to transmit all his messages.—Havas.
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