The sun., 1918-09-05
BRITAIN SEXES
SOVIET ENVOY
Detained With Staff in, Lon
don Until British Nationals
Are Released.
NAVAL ATTACHE SLAIN
Outrage Followed Order to Ar
rest All English and
French Subjects.
NAVAL ATTACHE SLAIN
Special Ca6ie Despatch to THs Sun and the
Public LEDGER

Special Ca6ie Despatch to THs Sun and the
Public Ledger.
Copyright. 1915; oil rights reserved.
LONDON, Sept 4.-The British Govern
ment has made a drastic demand on
the Bolshevist Government of Russia for
| reparation and prompt punishment Of
the perpetrators OF the brutal outrage
when Bolshevist troops attacked the
British Embassy In Petrograd Saturday.
forced an entrance and killed Capt.
Francis Cromie. the naval attache,
whose body afterward was barbarousiy
mutilated.
The attack followed the publication by
the Soviet Government August 20 OF a
decree ordering the arrest of all British
and French subjects between the ages Of
IS and 40,
At the same time the British Govern
ment has placed under detention NJ. Lit
vinoff, the Soviet Amba ssador to Great
Britain, and his STAFF, holding them as
a hostage until the British representa-
tives are released.
Protest of Great Britain.
The protest OF the British Government
| reads:
| We demand immediate reparation
and the prompt punishment OF any
| one responsible for or concerned in
| this abominable outrage.
Should the Russian Soviet Govern
ment fail to give complete sat'sfac-
| tion. or should any further acts of
; violence be committed against a Brit
ish subject. his Majesty's Government
will hold the members OF the Soviet
Government Individually respons BILE
and will make every endeavor to Sc
| cure that they shall be treated as
outlaws by the Governments of all
| civilized nations and that no place
| or refuge shall be left to them.
I You have already been informed
| through NJ. Litvinoff that his Ma ajestys
Government was prepared to do
everything possible to secure the i'm
mediate return OF the official repre-
sentat!ves Of Great Britain and OF the
| Russian Soviet Government to their
respective countries
His MaJesty's Government has
| therefore found II necessary to place
NJ. Litvinoff and the members OF his
staff under preventive arrest until
such time as all British representatives
are set at liberty and allowed to pro-
coed to the Finnish frontier free from
molestation.
Kills Three before He Falls.
Capt. Cromie made a gallant attempt
to defend the embassy. He killed
three Soviet soldiers with his own
hands before he was struck down. and
his corpse was treated with the worst in
dignities. Permission to say prayers over
the body was refused to an English
clergyman. The embassy papers were
ransacked and wholly destroyed.
1t Is feared now that n similar at
tack will be made on the French EN-
bassy and the necessary defences have
been prepared, The buildings occupied
by the French military mission already
| have been forced, but the papers pre-
viously had been sent to a place OF
! safety. Some Frenchmen were put un-
| der arrest.
The Bolsheviki are melting the pop
ulation to massacre both British and
| French subjects. 1t Is believed that
| there are about 200 British subjects In
! Bolshevist Russia. The London Times
says editorial.y: at is not likely that
| so audacious a crime was planned and
committed by a mere band OF uniformed
brigands.'