Not a word was said about the explosions; and when one or two of the Lyons comrades wanted to have this point cleared up, they were bluntly told that they were not prosecuted for that, but for having belonged to the International--to which I alone belonged.
Kropotkin emphasizes that the prosecution focused on their affiliation with the International rather than any specific crimes.
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