M. Voikoff, the Soviet Minister in 'Warsaw, was assassin- ated
on Tuesday by a Russian monarchist named Boris Kowerda, who is only nineteen years old. M. Voikoff had gone to the Central Railway Station to meet M. Rosengolz, who was returning to Moscow after his expulsion from London. The assassin fired six times at M. Voikoff and afterwards made no attempt to escape. He said that he had acted as a patriot. M. Voikoff Was a companion of Lenin in exile and returned with him to Russia in April, 1917, to organize the revolution. When the Emperor Nicholas was transported to Ekaterin- burg in July, 1918, M. Voikoff was a Commissar in the town. There is no doubt that he took part in the dis- cussions which ended in the murder of the Imperial family, though it does not seem to be proved that it was he who signed the order for the massacre. The Soviet has been quick to accuse the Polish Government of being responsible for Kowerda's crime because they had not suppressed the organizations of Russian monarchists. M. Litvinoff curiously wrote of these "terroristic organizations" as being "particularly dangerous to the cause of peace."
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