Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-10-09

that charges had been preferred in
connection with certain members of
the commission to the Russian consul
late in New York and TO the then am
bassador, Mr.. Bakhmeteff but no
measures were taken to make
thorough investigation.
Ipfnstorff in ,s
Among the Intermediates between
Colonel Nekrasoff and other promi-
nent members of the commission and
the German ambassador, Count Won
Bornstorff, and Schullenburg the
name of Baroness s. is mentioned. It
is known that she arrived in America
soon after the outbreak Of the Euro
pean war that she came here in the
interests of German espionage and
that she helped Rosika Schwimmer
in her work for separate peace. Ac-
cording to one of the witnesses, this
baroness lived in the same house
where Colonel Nekrasoff lived and
her apartment just like that of Nine.
Schwimmer served as the meeting
place of Colonel Nekrasoff and Count
'on Bernstorff and German spies.
The testimony concerning the fact
hat Nine. Mirolubskaya had carried
from this country documents address,
ed to the Russian general staff, but
really intended for the German gener-
al staff, was corroborated by the ensi-
neer. Kuznetsoff. who was in this
country at the time and is at present
n Petrograd.
| The whole mass of evidence before
the special committee investigating
the crimes of some of the members OF
the Russian commission sent TO
| America by the old Russian govern
ment forms an extraordinary picture
of graft and corruption and intrigue,
of romance, debauchery and wild or
gies, while hundreds of thousands of
Russian soldiers at the front wers
| fighting the German and Austrian
armies with bare hands, with sticks
and stones.
IT appears that military secrets were
betrayed to the enemy for large sums
of money; chat orders were placed
with enemy firms, which delayed the
war materials and finally furnished
Russia with useless guns and shrap-
mel. Ships carrying war supplies
produced by American or Canadian
firms were blown up as a direct result
of information given by the traitors
on the Russian commission to the
German agents.
Caused Great Explosion.
One of the most prominent men,
bers of the commission conceived the
idea that it would be better for Rus
sia to manufacture its own munitions
in America than place orders with
American firms. This, he believed.
would not only prove less expensive TO
Russia but would expedite the max
ing and delivery of the war supplies.
Enormous sums were expended at his
recommendation, and q large plant
was built on Black Tom. The work
was done under the direction of tho
Russian commission. Nothing hap
pened there until everything was
ready and large supplies were about
to be shipped Then the whole plant
was blown up. According to the testi-
mony of some of the witnesses, MEM
bers of the Russian commission kent
the German agents well informed re-
garding the progress of the work on
that plant 1t is estimated that close
to $40, 900, 900 was lost in that ex-
plosion. l
Some other well known members OF
the Russian commission figure In the
conspiracy to betray Russia to Ger
many on American soil, but as the
special committee, under the chair
manship of Vladimir Baltz, in Petro-
grad, is now engaged in a thorough
investigation of the whole affair, II "