Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-10-10

! man espionage and that She helped
Rosika Schwimmer in her work for
separate peace. According to one of
the witnesses, this baroness lived in
the same house where Colonel Nekra-
soft lived and that her apartment. like
that of Nine. SchWimmer, served as
the meeting place of Colonel Nekrasoff
and Count Won Bernstorff and German
spies
Tile testimony concerning the fact
that Nine. Mirolubskaya had carried
from this country documents addressed
to the Russian general staff, but really
intended for the German general staff,
was corroborated by the engineer Kuz-
, netsoff, who was in this country at the
time and is at present in 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 government forms
an extraordinary picture of graft and
corruption and intrigue, of romance,
dehauchery ane wild orgies. While hun
dreds of thousands of Russian soldiers
at the front were fighting the German
and Austrian armies with bare hands.
wish sticks and stones.
1t appears that military secrets We're
betrayed to the enemy for large sums
of money; that orders were placed with
enemy firms, which delyaed the war
mateii als and finally furnished Russia
with useless guns and shrapnel. Ships
carrying war supplies produced by
American or Canadian firms were
blown up as a direct result OF informa-
tion given to the traitors or the Rus
sian commission to the German agents.
One of the most prominent members
of the commission conceived the idea
that it would be better for Russia to
manufacture its own munitions in
America than place orders with Amer
lean firms. This, he believed would
not only prove less expensive to Rus
STA but would expedite the making and
delivery of the war supplies. Enor-
nous sums were expended at his rec
ummendation, and Il large plant was
built on Black Tom. The work was
done under the direction of the Russian
commission. Nothing happened there
until everything was ready and large
supplies were about to be shipped.
Then the whole plant was blown up.
According to the testimony of some OF
the witnesses. members of the Russian
commission kept the German agents
well informed regarding the progress
of the work on that plant. II IS esti-
mated that close to $40, 000, GOO was lost
in that explosion.
Some other we'll known members of
the Russian commission figure in the
conspiracy to betray Russia to Ger
many on American soil, but us the spe
cial committee. under the Craftsmanship
of Vladimir Raltz, in Petrograd. is now
engaged in a thorough investigation of
the whole affair, it is better not to
enumerate all of the offenders at this
time. Some of these persons arc at the
present moment in Russia. while others
are still in this country.
Though the provisional government
of Russia has many difficult problems
before 1t in its struggle against the on
,slaught OF both the extreme radicals
and the counter revolutioniSts, COM
posed of the reactionary element il is
first of all determined now to crush
Russia's greatest foe, the traitors and
agents provocateurs, who are setting
W class conflicts, who are fortifying
he network of German espionage
throughout Russia. who under the
eliise Of revolutionary propaganda and
internationalism and peace agitation.
are endeavoring to wreck the Russian
revolution, Russian liberty and to in
capacitate the Russian army altogeth-
er: who are circulating incerdiary ru-
mors against the provisional govern
ment and particularly against Kerens-
Ky. thus far the savior of the Russian
revolution.
The Kerensky government is now
fighting the German serpent With.
Russia in earnest.
The result of the Investigations into