18 OCTOBER 1913, Page 3

The most sensational development of the Kieft murder case has

been the remarkable action of the leading anti-Semitic organ, the Kievlianin, in tearing the indictment to pieces. The Sievlianin does not recant its anti-Semitism ; it merely condemns the use of tainted evidence. There is no use in fighting the Jews, it says in so many words, with weapons which wound their users. Meanwhile the chief witnesses for the prosecution have broken down one after the other, and the difficulties of continuing the case are so great that it abandonment is momentarily expected.