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Show ORGANIZING THE FINS. Father Assaisin of Bobrlkoff Admits "Writing Memonial on Subject. irELSINGFORS, Finland, Nov. 2. Former For-mer Senator Schaumann, father of Eu-geno Eu-geno Waldemar Schaumann, the nssna-sln nssna-sln of tho- late Governor-General Bobrlkoff, Bobrl-koff, who has been on trial at Abo for somo time, charged with having had knowledge of his son's crime, in his plea admits that he wrote tho memorial regarding re-garding tho necessity for tho organization of the Finns, but ho olalms that it was without treasonable intent Schaumann explains that he wrote It one evening when ho had nothing else .to do. slipped It Into a book In his library li-brary and had forgotten its existence, Tho contents do not betray trcasonnblo intent. Schaumann said ho never had any connection with Julius Luzu, tho Wlborg agitator, and know nothing about the latter's scheme for organizing rlfio companies. Schaumann was living on a pension as a retired officer. He concludes with saying that his unblemished un-blemished reputation during thirty vears service In tho Russian army should "have protected him against the charge of treason. |