Show Preparing to Try Riel OTTAWA Ont June IGThe Crown counsel coun-sel who are to conduct the prosecution on behalf of the Government in the Rid trial are here receiving instructions but to the present moment the date of the trial has not been fixed It is understood that the defense will first endeavor to prove Kiels American citizenship this fact established his counsel will point out that he can only be tried for waging war against a foreign country The trial would then have to be by courtmartial but as martial law was not proclaimed in the Dominion the trial could not be conducted in this way and would have to be abandoned If tried as a Canadian Cana-dian citizen it must be for high treason and as three of the six jurors are to be half breeds it is believed that the jury would disagree This would involve a new trial when the same difficulty would undoubtedly be encountered |