Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-17
GERMAN-BOLS LSHEY|K
PLOT AMBITIOUS
Russian Ships Were to Have
Brought "Agents-Destruc-
tors" to America.
WADiv0ST0K U-BoAT BASE
Leninc in Hun Scheme to Launch
Submarine Campaign in
Pacific.
VLADIVOSTOK U.BOAT BASE
nv Associatcd Prcs..I


cret activities against the United
States and the allies Of the German
paid and controlled Russian Bolshcvik
government are the subject of to-day's
chapter Of confidential documents from
Russia. given TO the public by the
American government.
One OF the documents. a tersc note
from the German general staff to the
council OF peoples commissars. dis
closes that as long ago as November.
1917, when the Russian regime still
"as regarded as AN ally of the ma
tons at war with Germany, the Ger
mans were brusqueiy requiring Lenine
and Trotzky 10 furnish Information re
sardinS inc amounts and places OF
storage OF supplies received BY Rus
sia from America. England and France.
Others tell Of the launching in Janu-
ary and February this year of Boil
shevik peace and sociaiistic propa :
land ana France. at the direction OF
the German Intelligence Service. This
was at the very time that Scheidc-
mann. the powerful German Socialist
communication with his Russian broth :
ers regarding the destruction OF the
traces Of the party's business reIa :
tions with the Imperial government"
The intelligence service required the
BolsheViki to send to the allied coun- :
tries, through neutral Europe. com
r4des under assumed names and with
false neutral passports, to preach their
doctrine or DISCRIMINATION and to
carry on campaigns OF "counter-revo-
luton. sabotage. looting. etc.
PLANNED TO LAUNCH
u-BOA1 DRIVE IN PACIFIC
Plans Of the Germans for sending
three submarines: disa ssembled. by
rail overland TO Eladivos;vk for SER
vice on the Pacific are disclosed in a
communication Of the German high
raj hr =
missars. Another Of the naval com
munications reveals Il scheme con-
ceived in January OF employing iius-
sian ships on the pacihc under the
Russian flag to larry agitaiors and
agents s-destructors' 10 the United
States. Japan aud the British colonies s
IN Eastern Asia.
Personal notes from the German In
teIligence Service TO the commssar IS
describe the assault upon and rob-
berry OF the Italian ambassador in tho
streets OF PctroSrad in February last
n vain effort 10 get posse ession of
important papers believed To have been
IN The possession OF the ambas ssadorr.
Olhcr notes tell Ia detail of the watci,
Kept upon the American and other
allied embassies
Like the remainder of the docu-
liz to-day are accompanied by notes
explaining which are originals and
which Photographic copies. and by eN-
pianaiory comments by Edgar Sisson,
kussia Tor the Conmittee ON Public
Information.
DOCUMENT no. iG.
uCouu,erespionasr. Starka. January
81. islS. No. 2l5.)
To the Commissariat of Foreign AZ
fairs: We hereby advise you of the
arrival in MoGilev of the following Ger
man officers, who are being ordered to
England, France and America:
Zanwald, Won. Weine. Pabst. Mayer,
Gruenwaldt and Baron Schillins. They
have been granted passports. sent here
by Commissar Trotzky.
Won Weine, with Danish passport
in the name of Hansen. q merchan; of
Copenhagen, is to proceed TO England
Baron Schilling is ordered 10 the
United States OF America with Nor
weSian passport in the name OF Dr.
Joseph Brun.
GruenwaIdt has instructions TO pro-
ceed TO France with Russian pass
port in the name of Ivan kalnin.
The remaining persouS are to make
journey through Finland and Sweden,
supplied with papers from the German
staff. in order To follow up the counter
revolutionary work of countries allied
to US. = Chief OF Counterespionase
Feierbend.
No,e.-A young German who said he
was deserving officer and that his
name VS. Mayer, sought the aid of
the embassy, the military mission and
myself in getting TO America. He was
a good looking young Prussian. had
lived in New York. spoke english with
very little accent, and claimed TO have
been converted to the Presidents views
on peace requisites. He said he had
walked across the lines deserter
because he could stand no more OF
German war, and that he wanted TO go
10 the United States to talk and write
against Germany. was not receptive.
He said he was a lieutenant There Is
no record at our military control Of
fee in Krstiania OF a passport TO Dr.
Joseph Brun.
Have photograph OF letter.