UNFORTUNATE MISS MALECKA.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1445, 21 May 1912, Page 5

UNFORTUNATE MISS MALECKA.

LIKELY TO BE EXILED IN SIBERIA. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. Warsaw, May 19. Miss Malecka, recently sentenced at Warsaw, Poland, to four years' penal servitude for conspiring against the Russian Government, was associated with Philipowicz, a notorious Socialist, who used her to write his correspondence. When captured, the man bluffed the guard, and walked into the street in an officer's coat. The audacious escape has so annoyed the authorities that it is alleged v they will be vindictive towards Miss Malecka, and that exile to Siberia will automatically follow her sentence. The only hopo is exercise of the Tsar's clemency.

At the trial at Warsaw a few days ago, the prosecution asserted that Miss Malecka was associated with the organiser of two bomb attacks on trains carrying Government funds. Miss Malecka's counsel stated that, being an .Englishwoman, sho did not suspect Jhat she would be prosecuted for merely holding Socialist opinions. Sho went to Poland to see her father's country and to visit Chopin's birthplace. Prior to the trial, Miss Malecka had been in custody for several months. After her sentence her case was again discussed by the English press. The "Daily Chronicle • remarked, that the Foreign Office must insist on the recognition of the naturalisation papers granted to Miss Malecka's father and her passport. Other newspapers stated that the Russian Government emphasises that a Russian is unable to change his nationality without the Tsar's consent, which Miss Malecka's father did not obtain.

A DEMAND AND A PROTEST. (Rec. May 20, 10.5 p.m.) London, May 20. A meeting attended by 8000 persons in Trafalgar Square • demanded Mr. T. Mnnn's release, and protested against Miss Malecka's sentence.