Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-26
HIGH PRIEST s, TRIAL
FOR LIFE IN RUSSIA
POSTPONED BY REDS

MOSCOW, April 2S.-(By the AS
sociated Press. 1.-The trial of the
Most Rev. Dr. Tikhon, former patri-
arch Of All-Russia, on a charge Of
treason and hindering the carrying
out of soviet orders, has been post
poned indefinitely 1t had been set
to begin tomorrow morning.
The soviet press today is filled
with a reputed confession of the
prelate.
The confession" Indicates DR..
Tikhon must have undergone numer-
Gus preliminary examinations. Not
one word in his defense is found in
the newspapers. On the contrary,
the dispatches of the official govern
ment agency from the Provinces tend
to show that meetings Of working
men ara demanding Tikhon's eXecu-
ton as a counter-revolutionar
DR.. Tikhon will go before the soviet
court admitting that he is an i'm
placable foe of Bolshevism, the re-
puted confession saying the former
patriarch has admitted the following
charges:
First, That he maintained conec-
ton with Admiral Kolchak and Gen
eral Baron Wrangel and offered
them spiritual support.
Second, That he sent letters
through foreign missions, thus evad'
ing the censorship.
Third, That he maintained con-
nection with the counter-revolut1on-
lists in 1918 I'D 1919 through uni
formed agent known as Felor. DR..
Tikhon has said these connections
were of a clerical nature only.
Received Allied ENJOYS
Fourth, That he personally re-
ceived the French and British con-
suls in Moscow at the time OF the
Archang el-Murmansk expedition IN
which the United States participated
and was informed of all the plans
of the allies to invade Russia and es-
tabliSh eastern front against Oel
many.
Fifth, That he blessed the famous
Calovitz conclave, in which Russian
priests and laymen from abroad met
in Czecho- Slovakia and which ADOPT
ed resolutions for the restoration Oh
the monarchy.
Tikhon.s alleged confession says
he acted upon the advice of the All
Russian council of churches In Ipless-
ing the conclave, but that he did not
know it would support the mon
archy.
Sixth. That he confessed he, sent
out a proclamation in 1888 Gaining
upon the faithful to struggle against
the soviet regime.
Tikhon has said these encychcals
were framed in accordance with the
trend of mind Of that period.
Blessed the Gar
Seventh. that he called for bless
ines upon the heads of the car ana
his family.
general ringing Of church bells
which the government alleges Great
ed riots, at the time Of the separa-
ton of church and state. Dr. Tx
non said the bells were ringing only
because anarchists and bandits were
robbing chu,ches0
Ninth. that he communicates
with and blessed the so-called ma
tiona1 center counter-revolutlon
group in 1918.
Tenth. that he demanded resist
ance to the sequestration of church
he wrote an appeal against seques-
tration under the influence of Arch
bishop Nikander, who is TO be tried
with him, and others, and that he
had no intention of bringing about
the bloody conflicts which ensued
at some places.
So far as the Associated Press is
informed. DR.. Tikhon's defense will
be a frank statement that he acted
by direction of his own religious
conscience and is ready to take the
consequences, but that he is sorry
if he has been the cause of blood
shed.
The British government will be
represented at the trial by its COM
mercial attache, Mr.. Hodgson. who
has requested and received two tick
cts The foreign. press also will be
largely represented.
DR.. Tikhon. who. until recently,
had been held under detention in
the Tonski monastery, near Mos
COW, was brought last night to one