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Show oo WAR MINISTER NEGLECTED WORK Russian General on Trial for High Treason Cause of Russian Rus-sian Failure. PETROGRAD, Aug. 29. General Soukhomlinoff, former minister of war, scarcely gave any thought to the conduct of the war, General A. P. Ver-nander, Ver-nander, former assistant minister of war, declared yesterday at the trial of General Soukhomlinoff for high treason. trea-son. The war minister, General Vernan-der Vernan-der said, paid no heed to the equipment equip-ment .of the army and gave no contracts con-tracts to workshops and factories which manufactured munitions. As a result, he testified, the munition production pro-duction progressed haltingly and after 130 days of war tho Russian army was without shells. General Vernander succeeded General Soukhomlinoff temporarily tem-porarily aB minister of war. oo |