TREASON TRIAL OPENS
ALSATIAN AUTONOMISTS SECRET MILITARY FORCE (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian Press Association.) PARIS, Wednesday. The trial has been commenced at Colm&r, Alsace-Lorraine, of 22 autonomists and separatists of that State, including one woman. They are charged with treason. It is alleged that they sought to undermine French authority by means of propaganda financed from Germany and that they even attempted. to equip a secret military force. Only 15 of the accused are present in Court. The others escaped to Germany and are being tried in their absence. The chief defendant, Dr Ricklin, was elected to the French Chamber of Deputies on Sunday by a ’arge majority. He was a member of the Reichstag before the war. Another of the accused, Joseph Iloss. represents Colmar in the Chamber of Deputies. Only these two speak i’reich well. The indictment therefore was translated into the German tongue.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 344, 3 May 1928, Page 9
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147TREASON TRIAL OPENS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 344, 3 May 1928, Page 9
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