Moscow, Jan. 18.
wiet policy at home and abroad was subjected to severe criticism when the newly elected Soviet Supreme Council met here for the first time.
The man who took it upon himself to decry certain aspects of the past record at the Soviet government was M. Zdanoff, the influential head of the Leningrad Communist party organization.
M. Zdanoff accused the Soviet Commissariat for Foreign Affairs for tardiness in taking steps to close down some of the numerous consulates of Foreign Powers established throughout the Soviet Union and in providing for parity in consular representation between the Soviet Union and foreign countries. Amidst general acclaim he gave the "carrying on of subterranean activities" as reason for the closing down of a number of foreign consulates. He than demanded a stiffer attitude towards the provocative actions of Japanese agents. With express reference to the good relations between the Soviet Union and France, he put forward the further demand that the French government should be asked to prohibit the anti-Soviet organizations created by Russian emigres in France.
The most sensational part in M. Zdanoffs speech was when he called for the removal from office of M, Krylenko, the supreme judge in most of the trials in recent years, as well as M. Kerchenzeff, chairman of the committee for arctic affairs. and M. Kolzoff, chairman of the committee for safeguarding agricultural products. Political circles here regard these accusations as being tantamount to the passing of the death sentence on the persons in question.
The 720 members of the Supreme Council include M. Stalin as well as M. Zdanoff, Mme. Krupskaya and Marshals Blucher and Budjenny. The next session of the Council wil be on' Wednesday.—Trans-Ocean.
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