The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16
Austria Stands Hand In
Hand In Bargain to
Betray Russia.
DESPOIL N A ITO N
Would Subjugste People
Through Rascally Con
nivance of Lenine
and Tro.zky.

NS&fitf'- on. ~ftH. tb--thtt'E
the vast Ioct Of prns it ally Inc
whole of Russia t.s rp"n In Ger
many and its 1901 -hcN,k co-con-
sni:ators. the i,npC riTl govern
mcnt cNaeicd. and received. u
staggering price In return fNc the
corrupting gold II had iurnst
over 10 Leninc and 1rotakv. as
trusted agents from tie begin
ming,
Lavish ard uaou~stisn' n
bribcr before and daring The
Lcninc- TrntaLy revolutions. Ger
many proved Dter'log-s nj in
sisfcm i'm - Il -niard, for pawcr
and plumber a. soon a. Rn>sta's
hctral ely Mere In position to
deliver.
These. ANA Other equally shameful
f1et~ttf .afe+-ss4a4ts3tr. ard f-3+,t q :;
~ he Eo}shcyik chefs with the 7
German masters, gre nBae CleIr tC
the world IN the second inSta ment
released today o. the reinarkahI.
series OF official 6isg losures now be
lbs given 10 The puDi,c by the Uni 81
States through the committee en ! uh.
lie information
II liz apparent from the inCrlmsnat-
ing nature of the n3a eriei made pub
nc today as Well as The further evil
dence which is 70 81 issued day hg
day during The geNa nder OF thc
week that the United sta q. hA,
firmly set Itself TO he task of corn
aletelY aRinasklag tlAe peEFi3r ~ the
BolShevfk premier ayad uax minister
aerasans the lnsttGator.
And underlying the anols expose
Is the main purpose Of revealing Ger
many's major role as tnsticator and
chief beneficiary of The plot 10 de
spoil and subJugaie the Russian MA
ton The intention TO pubiisA the
entire series 81 confidential docu-
ments is Vttalty gn.hcant us inds-
eating denfntinatlon ey the United
States to Chow ms Berlin nation.
wreckers no more quarter IN n
court OF public opinion than upon thu
field of battle.
The evidence made public haze 20
day proves that white the ituSss All
army was being dehauched aad th5
civil authorities were berg bought
or cowed into SUBMISSION, berlin ger
was plentiful. but hat before ths
smoke of revolution had fairlS
cleared. Germany's general STAFF. II
imperial bankers and Industrial Capi-
talists were at the ca'es of Petrograd
eiamoring for,-aUu nhratning. what
amounted to "a complete and uncon.
ditionai surrender of The new repub,
lies military, civil and economic
rights.
First. as bearing upon Gcrmany',
role IA n rich hrihrr. II II proved thai
fifty million rouhics in gold trough,
$4,000 .O0Ol were placed to the credit
Of the Lrninc-Trotyky regime by the
German Imperial hank To cover tht
''cost and keep" Of the Red Guard
(thc Bolshcvik revolutionary troops
and agitators to combat the increas
Ing hostile propaganda Of the people,
OF the eastern sections Of Russia.
Second, four days later five million
roubles In gold were furnished tn,
same Bolsheytk chiefs from the sam.
source to secure. or destroy. tn,
Japanese and American war mate
rails" at vladivostok.
Proofs Indisputablc.
Indisputahle proof of both of thes
transactions is contained in letter
from President Won Schanz. of tn
German Imperial bank to the com
missair OF foreign affairs Of the Boil
shevik government. The United State
government now has In its possession
Photographic copies of both letters, Il
spite of the fact that they each bea
! the mark very secret"
| The first letter is dated January
1918, and is In part. as follows
Information has today been re
ceived by me from Stockholm tina
| so. 100000 roubles of gold has bee
transferred to be put at the dispose
OF the representatives of the people
| commissaers. This credit has bee
supplied to the Russian government
In order to cover the cost Of the kee
OF the Red Guards and agitators |
the country. The imperial govern
ment considers II appropriate to re
mind the soviet of peoples commits
sars OF the necessity of increasin
their propaganda in the country. a
the antagonistic attitude OF the sout
OF Russia and Siberia to the existin