The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-12-27
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AMERICANAGENT.
AMBASSADOR FRANCIS SAYS koL.
'.'s PAsHNfkoFF LIVES
LEON TROTzKY is DEFIANT
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Washington Declares False the Story
Red Cross Was Used to Aid kale-
dlnes-Russlans Demand En-
Voy Explain Action.

London, Dec. a5.-ColOnel Kolpashs'
nixon, the American embassy at Petro-
grad, has been assured, Is alive but the
correspondent of the Morning Post In
the Russian capital says the former
agent of the American Red Cross is be.
ing held in confinement and no one
has been able to see. him. American
Ambassador Francis, the correspond
ent adds, is preparing, q statement on
the case for publication,
Colonel Kofpashnikoff's flat, the door
of which bears a, plate with the words,
American Mission of Red Cross for
Russia" was ralded at two o'clock in
the. morning by soldiers, sailors, red
guards and others. The rooms were
ransacked, the officers taking many pa
pers, while the men appropriated
everything of the slightest intrinsic
value. The search ended at five
O'Clock and Colonel Kolpashnikoff was
taken to the fortress of St. Peter and
st. Paul.
Brand Trotzky Charge Untrue.
Washington, Dec. 25.- State depart
ment officials declared that the state
rnents of Leon Trotzky, the bolsheviki
foreign minister, that the American
Red Cross mission in Russia was Civ
ing aid to the opponents of the boil
sheviki government, could be attributed
only to his Ignorance of the facts. A
report from Ambassador Francis on
the arrest Of Colonel Kolpashnikoff,
an attache of the Red Cross. mission,
while In charge of a relief train had
not reached the state department.
The. state department does not be-
lieye Trotzky will persist In his attl-
tude, however, when Nhe realizes tile
TRUE state of affairs, Arrangements
were made in this couatry some time
ago for strengthening the ambulance
corps Of Russia with 7S ambulances
and other supplies much needed in GER
tain districts. 1t was deemed advis-
able to send them via the Roumanian
frontier. This was done with the ap-
iproval of the Russian Red Cross.
y The incident Of money which it was
alleged Ambassador Francis had Of
fered and the insinuation that ii was
intended as a bribe to the enemies of
the bolsheviki, had no other signifi-
canoe, it was announced, than. humans
tarian. II was merely the ordinary
transfer of money through the embassy
sent by the Red Cross and intended
for relief work. The state department
regards the action Of Trotzky as entire
ny uhwarranted. :.
Trotz<y Denounces Americans.
Petrograd, Dec. ~25.-zLeonS Trotzky,
the bolshevid foreign. minister, Mt Il
meeting of the revolutionary organize
tioris assembled in congress, read dOcu-
ments and kilograms which he de-
clared contained evidence that Ameri-
cans We're helping General Kaledines,
leader of the Don Cossacks,
i Last night" Trotzky said, ''we
found that American agents in Russia
were participating in the Kaledlmes
movement We arrested Colonel Kol-
pashnfkoff, attached to the American
mission to Roumania, who was trying
to get a trainload of automobiles,
clothing and supplies to ROstov. Among
the documents was letter from David
R. Francis (American ambassador to
: Russia), requesting that the. train be
given free passage, as twas bound for
the mission at Jassy.
"One letter from Colonel Anderson
(head of the American Red Cross mis-
sion to Roumahia) to ,Kolpashnikoff
said that if money were needed, AM
Ibassador Francis was ready to advance
100000 on the account of the Red
Cross. We think that the American
ambassador must break his silence
now.
Demands Francis Explain.
"Since the revolution he has been
the most silent diplomat in Petrograd.
Evidently he belongs to the Bismarck
school in which 1t was taught that
silence Is golden He must explain his
connection with this conspiracy.
7 1--WE will tell all the ambassadors If
you think you can, with the help of
American gold, under the guise of the
holy mission of the Red Cross, support
and bribe Kaledines, you are mistaken.
If you think that you are no longer
the representatives of America, but
private adventurers the heavy hand of
ithe revolution will reach out after
tyou."
The audience cheered these utter
ances wildly.
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