Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-11
Eight Russians Held, Moscow
Names Poincare, BRAND,
Deterdine and Churchill.
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
IS DECLARED LEADER
France, Britain, Poland, Rumania
and Finland Accused of Prepar-
ing for 1891 War.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, u. S. s. r., November IL.
What is described as the most ambi-
tious plot yet uncovered for the over
throw Of the Soviet government was
outlined today with the publication Of
a sweeping indictment charging eight
anti-Soviet leaders with conspiring to
overthrow the Stain regime.
Lawrence of Arabia, that alanorous
figure who appears on the British Army
rolls as "Aircraftsman Shaw" and the
outstanding statesmen and financiers of
half dozen nations were named as
having aided and financed the move
ment.
Pcincare and BRAND of France, Sir
Henri Deterding, British oil magnate,
Lord Churchill of England and prom
inent figures in Poland, Rumania and
Finland, were named as co-conspirators.
Hundreds Are Implicated.
The counter-revolutionis leader, RAM
sin, Is alleged to have been the prime
mover in the plot. His assistants, three
Of them educators and the Others en-
gineers, are charged with having formed
q Central Committee of the so-calIed
Industrial party In the interests Of the
intrigue.
The alleged Russian leaders, who win
be tried on charges of high treason, for
which the punishment is death, are al
legged to have implicated more than 200
others In confessions Of their parts In
the plot.
The indictment charges that they
have been working for several wears
70 disorganize industry, foment discon-
tent among the people, and otherwise
70 prepare the way for a counter revO-
luton. Actual military force was to
have been applied last Summer, the
indictment reads, but because Of dim
culties between France and Italy and
because OF the uncertainty Of German
1881.
BRAND Is Named.
The alleged confessions were said 10
name Poancare and BRAND as the Lead
ing supporters Of the plot abroad, and
the indictment charges that the scheme
was controlled from Paris, where finafl-
ciaI arrangements and espiOnaeb were
directed by q trade industrial commit
ciers, who were said to have received
million gold rubles for their cause
in the past year, through figures named
IN the indictment as certain high ON
Gals OF q certain French institution in
Moscow"
The only French institution" in Mos
COW is the French embassy The al
legged confessions refer to oficials of the
institution" only by initials such as
-.
the indictment charges, formed an ac-
tive liaison between the committee in
Paris and the leaders of the plot II
Moscow.
In the confession which Ranasin was
said to have made details of the plot
were disclosed.
There was to have been an incident"
on the Rumanian border, as result of
which Rumania was to have declared
war. Her ally, Poland, also was to nave
declared war, and other countries were
to follow their example.
United Attack Held Planned.
The French were to. provide supplies
of arms and ammunition, and Great
Britain was to send her feet into the
Black Sea and the Baltic, taking over
the Crimea and Leningrad, while an
army Of 100000 led by the former Rus
sian Gen. Loukomsky would march on
Moscow.
The plotters, it was said figured that
the army would number 100000 men
through rapid enlistment Of discon-
tented peasants on the advance toward
Moscow.
The new government according to the
confession, was virtually chosen in ad-
vance. Ransin or Miliukov, a former
minister IN the Kerensky government.
was to be premier of Bourgeois
Democratic Republic; the White
Russian Gen. Denikin or Lukomsky,
minister Of war, and Tarle, the RUS
sian academicial, foreign minister.
In return for her assistance, the con-
fession said, Britain was to receive COM
troll Of the Caucasian oil fields and other
valuable concessions were to have been
distributed among France and other
nations.