Evening star., 1936-08-20

past as to the courts reactions to my
words.
"I can corroborate my past in moth
ing but words, but shall speak the
truth.
Trotzky's Role Greater"
"Ivan Nikitich Smirnof (the de-
iendant who called Zinovief liar) is
still lying and concealing the truth.
"Trotzky's role in the counter-revo-
luton was greater than mine. although
mine was great enough. I am guiltier
than Trotzky because was here doing
the actual work"
Abjectly, zinovief confessed he and
Kameneff had fallen so deep into the
abyss of counter-revolution" that at
one time they could not determine
whether the program advanced by the
consiprators was left or right, what
form of right it was or what it was.
Kamenef spoke in a conversational
tone, but zinovieff, showing loud
speaker aside, shouted across 40
foot expanse of court room, almost
ignoring the Judge and prosecutor.
He presented the harried look of
q man deeply troubled, while blue
capped Red Army soldiers, changing
guard every half hour, provided the
only interruption to his words.
Strong Feeling Disclosed.
A strong feeling between the prin-
eipals Tn the plot was disclosed when
Zinovief declared the depths of his
degradation were reached when he
wrote q newspaper editorial condemn
Ing the sssassins of Sergei M Kiroh,
Stains chief aide, whom he had di-
rected.
"Kameneff planned the same
thing" he added.
Kameneff interrupted heatedly:
"I did not! I had no intention OF
writing an article!"
Zinovieff, shaking his shaggy head
sadly, continued:
II admit now I was the one with
the greatest guilt in Kiroff's death"
Earlier, T. Reingold, during the tes-
timony Of Kameneff, jumped up and
faced the witness.
Shaking his fist, Reingold screamed:
"You are responsible for the death
Of Bogden "a. Bogden, zinovieff's
secretary)."
Kameneff, who had been on the
stand all day, calmly denied the &C
cusation and said he was not q
party to a reported conspiracy to
murder men named to carry out the
assassinations of Stain and others.
Was to Have Killed Stain.
According to the testimony, Bogden
was to have killed Stain at the time
Kirof was assassinated at Leningrad.
Kamenef admitted that blood
thirsty lust for personal power mott
waited the conspirators.
He denied he wanted to overthrow
the government because it was sue
cessfully building Socialism.
Naturally" he added, political
groups deprived of power feel their
policies are superior"
Were you g. bloodthirsty enemy
Of the government" asked Prosecutor
Andrey Vishinsky.
Eyes, I was" Kafneneff replied.
Vishinsky treated Kameneff, once
q powerful Communist party member,
with extreme Difference, and the whole
morning session was conducted in low
tones until Reingold jumped up with
his shouted accusations.
Kameneff. with professional mien,
spent two hours in a simple recital
Of the aims of the terrorists.
1--WE faced in 1882 two alternatives"
he said. Because of the success of
the government we knew we had
fai d. We could capitulate, threw
In the sponge and conform to Stain.
Or we could conspire for terrorism,
rs desperate effort to regain power.
I'VE decided on the second alterna-
tive"
Gamble Seen Only Chance.
The "outs" failed in their efforts
TO win popular support because gov
ernment policies had succeeded, Kam-
enef said, and while it was agreed
terroristic methods might fail, they
formed q desperate gamble Finishing
the conspirators' only chance to re-
gain power.
Therefore, the oppositionists en-
barked on recruiting cruside de-
signed to line up all enemies of
Stain whether leftiStS or riphtists