(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
M. Henri Torres, counsel for Sholem Schwartzbard, made a reply to the criticism of Vladimir Jabotinsky, leader of the Zionist Revisionists and editor of the Zionist paper published in the Russian language, the “Razsviet.”
In an article in the “Razsviet,” Jabotinsky demanded that Torres permit another attorney to participate in the defense of Schwartzbard, arguing that Torres as Schwartzbard’s sole defender, will harm him and the Jewish people in view of the fact that he is pro-Bolshevist and that he will develop the argument from this viewpoint and not along anti-pogrom lines.
In his statement replying to Jabotinsky, M. Torres declares that he is absolutely impartial and is faithful only to Jewish principles. He asks the Jewish public to wait confidently. He is convinced that Schwartzbard will be acquitted.
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