RUSSIAN PRINCESS IN PERIL

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 837, 4 December 1929, Page 1

RUSSIAN PRINCESS IN PERIL

Ex-Lord Mayor’s Sister-in-Law DANGER OF DEATH SENTENCE Court-Martial in Russia United r.A. —By Telegraph—Copyright Received 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday. rE “Morning Post's" Riga correspondent states that, according to information received from Leningrad, there is a danger of the death sentence being passed ori the Princess Sophie Lieven, the sister-in-law of Sir Kynaston Studd, formerly Lord Mayor of London. She was arrested, and is now in Lubianka Gaol.

It is stated that she occupied a position at Librar. She is accused of participation in an anti-Soviet conspiracy. also in the White Guardist wars, and she will be courtmartialled. According to reports from Moscow, her antirevolutionary activities consisted in holding Sunday schools* for the benefit of workingclass children, and

Lady Studd, who is a Russian, said she knew her sister loyally abided by the Bolshevik regime and devoted herself to helping the poor.

Princess Alexandra Lieven is Sir Kvnaston Studd's second wife. They were married in 1924. The princess is a daughter of the late Prince Paul Lieven. who was Grand Master of Ceremonies in the Court of the late Tsar Nicholas 11.

Sir Kvnaston Studd, who is a member of a famous cricketing family, lias not long vacated his office as Lord Mayor of London. His place was recently taken by Sir William Waterlow.

Lady Studd reading the Bible. The prosecution is believed to have been instigated by a notorious antiGod society.