The Washington times., 1917-06-14

country from this source. N
had been expelled from Sweden. he
said, and new measures which wern
in contemplation would, the govern
ment believed, facilitate Riding the
country Of. these agents
The minister explained that 1t vaS
difficult to procure evidence. Never
theless, the government was taking
every possible measure. There is no
doubt the government IL doing all
in its power to put a stop to the es-
pionage from which Sweden. in com
mon with the other Scandinavian
countries, has suffered greatly. Great
Importance is attached to the opera
tions of the many spies who are at
work here.
typical example has just come TO
light with the expulsion from Sue dcn
OF a man calling himself Joseph Klein.
who posed as a Russian patriot. He
made the mistake OF confiding IN men
whom he believed to be Russian
anarchists. They led him on 10 dts
close his plans. which are said 10
have included, among other things,
the murder of Sir George Buchanan,
British ambassador to Russia. and
the destruction OF the presses OF the
Petrograd Newspaper Recn. Klein
exhibited to printers a matrix for the
printing OF the following circular IN
Russian:
"Englishmen are dragging our
Fatherland down into an abyss. The
accursed Englithmen are greedily
drinking the Russian peoples blood.
Down with the Englishmen! With
their gold they have driven the whole
world into opposing camps. Rulers!
We have now had enough robbery
and murder OF our PEASANTS. Down
with meaningless bIoodshed. We de-
mAnd Immediate peace"
Arrested and Expelled.
Russian paper money on which
anarchistic inscriptions were written
was discovered. The matter was
brought to the attention OF the po-
lice, and Klein was arrested and ex-
PEELED. II was learned later that
Klein, although he signed his name
on the hotel register in Russian char
acters and posed as q Russian pa
triot, was in reality an Austrian sub
ject.
An unfortunate feature OF the sit
uation is that men OF this stamp
find plenty of material to work on
among Russians returning TO their
country from Switzerland. America.
and England Many OF these are pa
triots who are going back TO assist
their country in establishing q stable
government and bringing the war to
q favorable termination. Many 9TH
ers, however, are anarchistic agita-
tors, enemies Of all law and order,
who do not hesitate to express them
selves to that effect well known
American who has just arrived from
the United States expressed to the
correspondent the greatest surprise
at the character and frankness OF the
conversation OF a great number of
Russians on board the ship who did
not hesitate to say they were re-
turning to Russia TO take up the
work OF Anarchistic agitation where
they were compelled to drop II years
ago Similar amaLement was eK-
pressed by another prominent Amer
lean who has arrived here from Lon
don.
Planned TO Oppose Government.
There were Russians in large num-
bers aboard our boat" he said, but
little Conversation in the Russian
language was heard. Almost all OF
them talked nothing but German
among themselves. understand
German, and the nature OF their con-
versation made me indignant. Those
men, on board q British ship, were
discussing openly in German the
necessity OF immediate peace at any
price, and were celebrating their
plans for opposing the provisional
government to the utmost"
Information has been received here l
from private sources Indicating that |
some OF the returned eKiles. espec- I
tally those from Switzerland who !
went through Germany. played a |
part in the Kronstadt up
rising.
In conclusion. two facts may be ,
stated for what they are worth: /
First, the Russian consulate at Hapa-
randa, Sweden. has a stan OF two /
persons, one OF whom was added re-
Gently, whereas the Germsn consulate
there has q stan OF ten (Haparanda \
ls on the north coaEt OF the Gulf Of |
Bothnia, at the Russian borderD.
Second. one OF the Russian delegates
10 the Stockholm Socialist conference
will be Alexandra Kollontsy, q wo-
man agitator. who was expelled from
Sweden in 1914 and had to obtain the
Kings permission to attend the con-
terence here.