The chairman and eight members of the Chalutz colony Mishmar in Soviet Russia were arrested, according to an authoritative repost which has been received here.
The Chalutzim (Palestine pioneers) were arrested following a campaign conducted by the Yevsektzia, the Jewish section of the Communist Party. The charge was brought that the colony was connected with counter-revolutionary activities.
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