The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-06-22
ENGLISH HAVE
DREYFUS AFFAIR
Nondon Correspondent of the United
Press.)

Press)
| LONDON, June 22.-Five years ago
Miss Strunsky, American born, whose
father was an n-naturalized
Polish citizen, was arrested in Russia
on the charge of having associaet6
with revolutionaries. Immediate an6
emphatic protest was made by the
state department, and she was re-
leased within "a hours.
A year ago last April, Miss Ma
lecka, British-born, whose father was
British-naturalized Polish citizen
was arrested on suspicion of similar
affiliations. Today she is under SEN
tence of four years penal servitude
and subsequent exile for life in ST.
| IBERIA, which will be carried out unless
the wave of popular Indignation now
sweeping over the country, should re-
suit in securing her pardon, or a com
mutation.
so stirred. Already the case of Kate
Malecka pronounced Ma-lets-ka) has
assumed magnitude comparable
only to the Maybrick agitation in the
United States, or the "affaire Dreyfus"
in France. Regardless of politics, pl ess
and public are demanding that the
British government make impossible
the sacrifice of this victim of the Rus
sian secret police Citing the action
of the American government in the
Strunsky case, the foreign office is
being assailed from all quarters FOR it's
failure hitherto to take any really
serious interest in the plight of Mss
Malecka, who, even at the time of her
arrest bore on her person a British
passport, which can be obtained only
by British subject, and which had
been vised by the Russian consul in
of her many friends in England, i'm |
mediately following her detention !
nothing was done in her behalf until |
she had been in Jail for seven months
without trial and without any formal
charge being placed against her Then,
Foreign Secretary Grey made repre-
whereby her release in S1O,-
600 bail was procured
Russian MaIadministratiOn.
Her trial by the high court at War
saw was a striking instance of Rus
sian maladministraticn of justice. The
evidence against her would not have
been admitted in the courts of any
other civilized country. The principal
N fact only important, witness for the
was one Antonio Sukie-
nick an eX-convict who had been I'M
Ter sentence of death but who had
condition that he become informer for
he Okhrana, or secret police. Sukie-
nick was merely fulfilling his part of
he compact when he began manufac-
uring evidence against Miss Malecka,
10 discriminating documents having
een found in her rooms. Practically |
II of his testimony was disproved by
equitable witnesses for the defense
or instance, he deposed that on a GER
ain date he had met her in an apart
lent, at Cracow, belonging to prom
lent official of the Polish Socialist
arty, and that there she discussed the
arty's affairs. Without admitting the
ulpability of such conduct, the de-
,nse readily established that she was
sewhere on the date mentioned.
The prosecution utterly failed to
low that she was a member of the
section of the party, and
osolutely nothing was proved against
Or save that she held socialistic
ews. These she frankly admitted
ne was condemned simply on account
harmless personal convictions-and
cause her father was Polish revo-
Escape to England.
Having fought in his country's
ruggle for freedom, for which he was
ndemned to death, John Paul Ma
cka (the masculine form of the fam
nance managed to escape, and
ming to England Sc years ago set
d at Folfkstone, where he became
profnccOr of 1ano1,oOa Ha NOR