The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-23

iSpiracy which the government charged and said he wrote to Trot- sky, arch-enerny of the government. Radek said he established contact with Trotsky through Vladimir Room, then Washington corre- spondent of the official newspaper .-1zvestia. Room now is under arrest ,here.
 Before the court, the dreaded mil itary collegium of the supreme court, were three men of world prominence few years ago. all rev. I; olutionists from boyhood, all veter- ans of the 1917 revolution, who worked with their present enemies ta at risk of their lives to overthrow 
 5a These men were Karl Radek, the 2 greatest publicist of the bolshevik 2" mo 7ement, whose acid pen has at- stacIsd RuSsia's enemies for years; z George Piatakov, former president of the state bank and former head of the important commissariat of heavy industry, and Gregory Sokol- nilov. former ambassador to Great Britain. But their 14 fellow defend- saniG were of prominence too.
 14 Prominent Men
 They were: J. P. Ferebriakov, of the highways administration: N. I. M,roloy, one of the heads of the Moscow military district; M. S.. Goguslavslsi, of the predisium of the Moscow Soviet; J. L. Livihits, form Af IA MAy~ xteoa tnk nH In v1d transportation; B. o. Norkin, former director of important construction swork; J. N. Drobnif, Norkin's as- sistant;. I. A. Kniazev, formerly of the land transportation commis- -- sar1at; M. s. Stroilov, former chief .m engineer of the KuzretSch coal mines; I. I. Vrashe, former econom- ist of the commissariat of heavy in- dustry; A. A. Shestov, official in the Kuznetsch mines; E. E. Pushin, chemistry official in the commits sariat of heavy industry; I. D. Turoll, oficial in the commissary of land transport; V. V. Arnold, man. ager of Kuznetsch mine garage, and 8. A. Rataichak, head of the non-organic chemical industry.
 Charges Preferred
 a. Sabotage, Wrecking. terrorism and negotiations with foreign powers, to encourage invasion, overthrow of socialism and restoration of capital ism were charged generally against the defendants.
 Radek was charged specifically with negotiating with foreign military attache at Moscow while Trotsky communicated with Rudolph Hess, deputy leader of the Nazi party, in Berlin; Radek and Plata kov were charged jointly with agree ing that abolition of collectiviSm and restoration of capitalism was the only way to assure the country's progress.
 It was alleged that Radek com- municated with the military attache after Trotsky said that military help from Germany, Poland and Japan was needed to overthrow the gov u ernment. It was alleged also that 1t was proposed to arrange to sup ply Japan with oil from Sakhalin Island, off the Siberian coast, in event of Japanese war with the United States
 Like Others Before Them
 These charges were in keeping { with the sensationalism of those upon which Gregory Zinoviev, former head of the Communist h. nationale, Leo Kamenev, former president of the Moscow Soviet, and : IA others who were condemned to death and executed last summer.
 Radek, Piatakov, Sokolnikov and Ferebriakov waived their right to be represented by counsel; the other defendants were represented by prominent lawyers.
 z The indictment as read to the ab- sorbed people in the room charged & vast plot, involving foreign na- tions, to overthrow the government and restore capitalism. Radek and Piatakov, 1t was alleged, were to en- gage in military sabotage and aid