PRINCESS PERSECUTED
TEACHING SUNDAY SCHOOL
IN DANGER OF DEATH
United Press Association—By Electric Tele-
graph—Copyrifiht.
(Received 4th December, 11 a.m.)
LONDON, 3rd December.
The "Morning Post's" Eiga correspondent says that, according to information from Leningrad, there is a danger of a death sentence in the case of the Princess Sophie Lieven, sister-in-law of Sir Kynaston Studd, ex-Lord Mayor of London, who was arrested and is now in Lubianka Gaol. It is stated that she occupied a position at the library and is accused of participation in an anti-Soviet conspiracy; also in the White Guardist wars. She will be court-martialled.
According to reports from Moscow, her anti-revolutionary activities consisted in holding Sunday schools for the benefit of working class children and reading the Bible. The prosecution is believed to have been instigated by the notorious anti-God Society. Lady Studd, who is a Russian, said that she knew that her sister had loyally abided by the Bolshevik regime and had devoted herself to helping the poor.
Princess Sophie Lievcn and her sister, Alexandra, Lady Studd, are daughters of the late Prince Paul Lioven, formerly Grand Master of Ceremonies at the Russian Imperial Court.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 135, 4 December 1929, Page 11
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