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Show SURPRISE IS SPRUNG IN THE BOPP CASE SANT FRANCISCO, Dec. 7. Taken by ' surprise with unexpected concessions of the Bopp defense, the government probably prob-ably will relinquish many of its pre- ; liminary witnesses tomorrow and put : Louis J. Smith, its star witness, on the j stand. ! German Consul General Franz Bopp, i with Baron E. H. von Schack, Lieutenant i George Wilhelm von Brincken, and others arc undergoing trial hi the United Stales district court here upon Charges of con- spiracv involving the neutrality of the j United States. j "There is great possibility that Smith I will take Hie stand in the morning," was j the way John YV. Preston, United States district attorney, expressed it late this afternoon. The government had subpoenaed about 2na witnesses in the alleged bomb conspiracy con-spiracy trial, but announced today that through joint stipulation with the defense covering all of Smith's activities up to a given time It is now practically ready to take up the German consul general's alleged al-leged connection with the outrages of May, 1 f 15, in the state of Washington and subsequently in Canada. |