The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-11
BY EUGENE Lyons
United Press staff Correspondent

MOSCOW, Nov. 11.-Charges that
eight well-known Russian professors
and technical experts conspired with
Observation-Disclosures foreign Of
ficials and political leaders for an
! interventionist war to overthrow the
Soviet regime were made public to-
day.
The indictment of the eight men
charged with being leaders of the
plot in Russia accused them of at
tempting to deal with Raymond
Poincare, former premier of France;
Foreign Minister Aristide BRAND of
France, and Colonel Lawrence" Zap
parently Colonel Thomas E. Law
renee, the "uncrowned king of the
Arabs" and a British subject.
| The confessions of the arrested
Russian experts showed that Colonel
Lawrence maintained contacts with
Russian ter-revolutionaries in
/ behalf of the British general staff,
/ according to the indictments.
Colonel Lawrence Accused
The initials of Colonel Lawrence,
who more recently has been known
as "Aircraftsman Sham" of the Brit
ish aviation forces, were not given
but the information left no doubt
as to the identity of the persons
mentioned in the confessions.
It was charged that the leaders
of the plot-which supposedly had
ramifications in France, England,
Poland, Rumania and the Baltic
States-repeatedly had conferred
with Poincare in 1928 and that the
plotters felt assured of his support.
I Poincare. the Soviet officials
maintained, had demanded an in
classification of popular discomfort
in Russia as preparation for inter
vention. AS result sabotage in
Russia was increased, the indict-
ments charged.
Sabotage Is Charged
The indictments also charged
that, for the last three years, the
mysterious Colonel Lawrence had
conferred with Leonid Ramzin, Vic
tor Larichev Cboth of whom are in
jaiD and others in London and Paris
and had arranged to obtain military
information and helped formulate
plans to destroy bridges, railroads,
electric stations and other projects
when the 'interventionist war"
started.
Although the Soviet newspapers,
( especially the official mouthpiece,
Izvestia. described the anti-Soviet
plot as directly involving French
governmental circles, it was under
stood that no protest had been
made to Paris.
/ Leaders in the Russian con-
spiracy, all of whom we're said to
have confessed with the exception
: OF Nikolai Charnovski, were:
Professors Are Involved
Leonid Ramzin, head of the all
union heating institute; Ivan Ka-
| linikov. member. of the caspian and
I connected with the military aviation
academy; Victor Larichev, member
of the caspian; Charnowski, vice
president of the misunderstanding
/ section of the supreme council of
national economy; Alexander Fedo-
tov. head of the textile institute;
/ Sergei Kuprfanov, head of the tex
tile division. and Xenophon Sitnin
member of the textile syndicate.
All are professors or teachers in
| technical or military schools, and
all are intimately connected with
the formation of the five-year in
naturalization plan.
The indictment alleged interven-
ton was scheduled originally for
1880. but was postponed one year on
account of unfavorable political and
economic conditions in Europe.
Poland was expected to open hos
tilities with declaration of war,
the indictment alleged, followed by
an invasion of Polish and Russian
emigre troops under French COM
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