Evening star., 1923-05-11
ReprisaIs Against Swiss Citi-
ZenS in Russia Feared as
Result of Staying.
MOSCOW FULLY TOLD
OF DIPLOMAT SHOOTING
Bolshevik Delegation Declares
Switzerland Refused Protection
After Fascist Threats.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
LAUSANNE. May 1.-THE murder
OF NJ. Vorovsky. head Of the Russian
soviet delegation to the near east con-
ference. by Maurice Alexander Conrad.
Swiss, who once served in the Russian
army. has stirred Switzerland as has
no single event since the assassination
of Empress Elizabeth Of Austria at
Geneva in 1898.
Conrad. who was seized by the police
in Hotel Cecil after he had killed Vorov-
sky and wounded two attaches of the
Russian delegation, continues to MAIN
tain that he acted alone to avenge his
father and uncle for mistreatment they
received at the hands Of the bolsheviki
The general impression in near east
conference circles is that the excitement
caused by last evenings events will not
directly afrect the course of the negotia-
tfons because Forovsky was not re-
garded as an official Russian delegate
inasmuch as the soviet government was
not invited to the conference.
Swiss Fear Results.
Switzerland. however, keenly feels
the position in which Conradrs act
places her. and fears that world opin-
ion may hold local patriotic associa-
tions morally or materially RESPONSE
Bile, inasmuch as the Swiss fascist
organization recently ordered Vorov-
sky to leave the country or take the
consequences. The implication in the
latter alternative. spokesmen Of the
fascist assert meant nothing more
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dosed with castor oil or run out of the
country as a penalty for his attacks
on the Swiss government for its re-
fuSal to grant a visa to e, soviet cour-
Ter to Lausanne.
Police inquiries have failed to con-
meet Conradi with the fascist at
Lausanne. The Zurich police have
been asked to investigate reports
that he was a member of the organ
ization's branch in hat city.
Reds Attack Ssvfss.
Russians in Lausanne, however,
were quick to place responsibility for
the crime on local agitation against
Vorovsky. They also attacked the
Swiss authorities for failing to pro-
tect the representative of Moscow in
view OF the fascist threats, and ex-
pressed bitterness against the allies
for creating what they termed a dan
gerous local atmosphere of hostility
to the Russians. A full report Of the
tragedy has been sent to Moscow.
Forovsky, with Hermann Ahren~.
the Russian press agent at the first
Lausanne conference. and J. Didwil-
kowsky, Forovsky'S secretary. were
at a table in a hotel dining room when
the tragedy occurred. Conradl. who
was sitting not far from the Russian
1t a ,t-l- ~.
arose from his chair and. walking to-
ward the three men. opened fire with
revolver. Vorovsky received the
first bullet in his neck and collapsed
across the table, dying almost in
stantly. Ahrens, drawing the weapon
from firing by waiter. just as Did
wilkowsky was shot twice in the alb
domen. Almost Immediately Conradi
fired two bullets into Ahrens' thigh
and one in the shoulder. He then
sought out the proprietor of the hotel
with the announcement that he would
await the police.
Ahrens VIII Recover.
Physicians said early today that
Ahrens probably would recover, but
that Didwilkowsky's condition was
critical.
Apprehension for the safety of the
Swiss residents of Russia, numbering
about 500. Is expressed. both by the
public and the press. in consequence
Of Vorovsky's assassination.
When vorovsky attacked the Swiss
government because bolshevik
courier from Moscow was refused
visa by the Swiss minister in Berlin,
1t was announced that no official ac-
ton would be taken against Vorov-
sky, particularly as the Swiss gov
ernment was anxious to avoid endan-
gering Swiss business men who went
to Russia to reopen trade relations.
The police today declared they
were not obliged to give special pro-
lection to Vorovsky. as he was not
an official delegate to the conference,
but that nevertheless. the chief of
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