Word: conradi
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...consequence of the murder of Mechislav Vorovsky at Lausanne (TIME, May 19) and the acquittal of one Conradi, his assassin, the Soviet Government issued instructions to the Russian police: "to revise carefully the lists of Swiss citizens now residing in Soviet territory and to make a separate list of those born in the Swiss Canton of Vaud [where the murder took place]." It was understood that the Government intends to deport all the Swiss from the Canton of Vaud who are living in Russia and all those who have recently entered the country, as a protest against the acquittal...
Mechislav Vorovsky, head of the Soviet delegation at Lausanne, was shot dead by Maurice Alexander Conradi (Swiss, whilom Tsarist officer), while dining at the Hotel Cecil in Lausanne...
...Soviet delegation at Lausanne were there unofficially, and were not entitled to diplomatic police protection. It is, therefore, futile for the Bolsheviki to accuse the Swiss of negligence. Conradi had a personal grievance against the Communists of Russia. His father and uncle were the victims of Bolsheviki cruelty. He therefore acted on the principle of " Vengeance is mine; I will repay! " And he did repay. There seems nothing of international importance attached to the unfortunate and regrettable death of M. Vorovsky...