THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 9,
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AMAZING PICTURE OF YAGODA AS BORGIAN POISONER
Sensational Allegations In Moscow Treason Trial
EXTRAORDINARY TALE
OF DEATH OF MAXIM GORKY
Moscow, To-day.
When the treason trial was resumed yesterday morning, Yagoda, former director of the Ogpu, repudiated part of his confession denying that he had ordered the killing of Menzhinsky, though he admitted ordering the deaths of Kubisher and Maxim Gorky.
A plot to undermine Maxim Gorky's political acti- vity by killing his son, Peshkov, was described
FRENCH
ARMS
COSTS
Paris, To-day.
The Minister of Finance ves-
terday revealed that expenditure the first two months this year, and would total over £100,000,000
on armaments to £21,000,000 in
before the end of the year.
ter
NEW STATUS OF
COLONIAL REGIMENTS
London, To-day. The London Gazette" announces the promotion to the substantive rank of Lieutenant Colonel of Ma- jor J. 1. Chrystall, commanding the Transjordan Frontier Force, and Major G. Stokes, Commanding the Straits Settlements Frontier Force.
REPORTED THREAT ce SOVIET CONSUL
TO
Moscow, To-day- The Tass news agency states that according to information Soviet Em-
by Dr. Levin, who said that in 1933, Yagoda suggested to him that Peshkov, who had in- fluence on his father and aunt, be removed. Under the threat of ruin, Levin agreed to murder received by the
Peshkov, who was made drunk and then ex- posed to the cold wind so that he developed pneumonia.
COSTLY PRESENTS
Moscow, To-day.
Levin also said that Yagoda in- admiration of Hitler and his hopes structed him to accelerate the of becoming head of the Govern- death of Menzhinsky. He recomment by the seizure of power.— mended that Dr. Kazakov be asked Reuter. to carry out this "villainous de- sign" by treating Menzhinsky with medicines whch would cause death.
Kazakov confirmed Levin's testi-session, when Yagoda · suddenly ceased denying the charges against mony.
him of poisoning, came. evening hours.
bassy in China, the Japanese, with the assistance of White
Guards, are preparing a new
raid on the Soviet Consulate- General in Tientsin.
Provocatory assaults on indi- vidual members of the Consulate staff, if they appear in the city, are also being prepared, it is alleged Beater.
The sensation during yesterday's SMALLPOX DEATHS
in
the
*
LAST WEEK
MURDER OF GORKY In regard to the assassination of
That 188 persons died of small- Maxim Gorky, which Yagoda con- Levin, in describing his crimes, pox in the Colony last week is re- firmed was carried out on his in- said that Goki developed grippe vealed in the official return releas- structions, Levin declared that brought on by his weakened con-ed this morning. The total of fresh. Gorky, though tuberculous, was en-dition, and his heart was delibera- cases was 185, an average of more couraged to indulge in long walks tely weakened by forty camphor than 26 daily, of which 139 were and gardening, which were harm injections daily.
reported from Victoria, 39 from ful
Levin arranged that Gorky worked in the garden and also arranged matters so that Gorky caught influenza from his family, and when he fell very ill he was given potent heart stimulants which caused death from heart,
failure.
Others whose promotions have been approved by the King are Ma- fjor N. A. Green, commanding the Gold Coast Begiment of the Royal West African-Frontier Force, Ma- jor J. R. Bruce, selected to com- mand a battalion of the Gold Coast Regiment, Major J. A. S. Hopkins. and Major W. Owen, selected to command battalions of the Nigeris African |Regiment, Royal West
Frontier Force, and Major J. T. Bretherton, selected to command Malaya Regiment.
The promotions, which will take effect during 1938, are the result of the arrangement recently made whereby a number of the units of the permanent military for- ces maintained by Colonies and Dependencies have been graded as substantive Lieutenant - Colonel commands. British Wireless.
TREASURY RETURN
London, To-day. It was revealed yesterday that Kowloon, four from Aberdeen, and Exchequer returns show that Yagoda, who had threatened two from Shaukiwan
total ordinary revenue amounts to Levin with punishment of his There were also 13 cases of ce-1792,023,676 compared with £776,- wife and children if he failed to rebro-spinal fever, 11 of typhoid 941,351 at the corresponding date obey his instructions, had lavish- and eight of diphtheria.
of 1937. British Wireless. ed costly presents upon Levin These were stated to have in-
cluded French wines, an elaborate ly furnished country house and
travel abroad.
Moscow, To-day.
The judge yesterday granted permission to Yagoda's request to have his evid-Trans-Océan. ence heard in secret session after POISONINGS BY ORDER Yagoda had again startled the court by repudiating his dental in the morning session of complicity in the murders of Menzhinsky and Peshkov.
This happened after Paul Bal- anvo, Yagoda's private secretary for many years, had testified for ninety minutes against his former em-
ployer.
Dr. Levin, former chief physician in the Kremlin hospital, and attend- ing physician of Yagoda and Gorki, was put into the witness box in the morning's preceedings.
"Levin is now generally believed to have for a long time carried out successful poisonings by order of the Ogpa
On Levin's admission to have carried out several murders, on in- structions from Yagoda, the latter jumped up and shouted something in an excited and unintelligible
SECRET SESSION Vishinsky, the public prosecuto asked: "What do you say now ?”
Yagoda: "I admit complicity in the murder of Menzhinsky and caus-voice-Trans-Ocean. ing Peshkov's illness but I beg per mission to testify in secret session."
Judge Ulrich granted the request. Bulanov painted Yagoda as a
of Borgian poisoner. He said Yago- da had equipped a special laboratory for experiments with poisons and had engaged chemists to prepare componds with which he hoped to dispose of political enemies.
SIR CYRIL COBB PASSES
London, To-day The death occurred at the age of 76 yesterday of Sir Cyril Cobb, MERCURY AND ACHD
Conservative Member of Parliament A mixture of mercury and acid for West Fulham since 1918. The sprinkled in Yagoda's office after be death necessitates a by-election had been removed from the Ogpu, Sir Cyril Cobb's majority at the was meant to cause the death of last election was 3,483 over Labour his successor, Yezhov
in a three-cornered contest on
Bulanov proceeded to -descrite total poll of over 34,000,--British Yagoda's dictatorial ambitions, his Wireless.
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