South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-21
SOCIALIST AIDED
TEUTON PROGRAM
Another Convincing Link in
Proof That Huns Planned
War Early as June g.

WASHINGTON Sept. 21.-An-
other convincing link in the proof
that Germany was preparing 70
least six weeks before the excuse
for it was offered by the assassina-
ton of the Austrian heir apparent
at Sarajevo, concludes the amazing
series of disclosures which the
American government has given 70
the public through secret docu-
ments brought out of Russia.
Two authenticated documents are
included in the final chapter OF the
story. which began a week ago with
evidence removing any doubt that
may have existed that the Russian
bolsheviki government, headed by
Lenine and Trotzky, is a tool Of the
imperial German government. One
of these is an official circular from
the German general staff. dated
June g, 1914. directing that all in
dustrial concerns he notified to
open their secret instructions for
industrial mobilization. Another,
dated Nov. 20. 1914, is from the
German lld 1l oAfAAA anu NnAAo VIC n
within four months after HOSTILE
ties began in Europe, destruction
agents" were ordered 20 Canada
and the United States to hire an
archists and escaped criminals for
the bomb plots ard work OF terror
which finally played a part in draw
ing the United States into the war.
Circulars Prove Claim.
In addition TO this authenticated
evidence, Edgar Sisson. who OBJ
tanned the papers for the commit
tee on public information, offers a
remarkable group Of circulars put
out in Russian text at Petrograd
last winter purporting 70 be copies
Of documents taken from the ar
chives Of the counter espionage bu
reau OF the Kerensky government,
supplemented by some from the
files Of the same bureau before the
fall of the car. Some Of this mat
ter has been published previously
In France and in this country. The
circulars tell Of German arrange
ments six months before the out
break OF war for the establishment
of financial agencies in bordering
neutral countries which later fur
nished the money for the opera
tons Of the bolsheviki; OF orders
10 German banks 20 establish close
and secret relations with American
and Finnish banks; OF the launch
ing of revolutionary propa ganda
against the cars government IN
Russia as early as November, 1914,
and Of instructions 10 German
diplomats in all neutral countries TO
cooperate with agencies set up in
those countries for stirring up
social unrest, strikes and sentiment
against war, within the enemy
states.
Socialist Arch Crook.
The name of Scheidemann. the
German socialist leader. already
mentioned as involved in the deal
IS of the German government
with the bolsheviki appears at
tached to one of the unauthenti-
Gated documents. 1t is a note an
nouncing that one hundred and fifty
thousand kroners have been placed
70 the credit of a Russian news
paper, and asking that Norwaerts
(the name of Scheidemann's organ
at Berlin), be advised Of what APP
peared in the subsidized journal.
An appendix at the concluding IN
stallment is what purports 10 be a
transcript Of a unique telegraphic
conversation between Tchitcherin.
now bolshevik foreign minister, at
Petrograd. and Trotzky. at Brest-
Litovsk last February, a few days
before Trotzky made his notorious
mo peace-no war" play. Tchitcherin
is quoted as promising that a sep
arate peace by which Russia would
not cause a rupture with the allies
and saying that England and Amer
lea are playing up TO us separ-
ately.'