New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

self on England for his husniliatior
ard dete~@io~ ~-'-'> r.
ter from A. Rimka, who heard him.
panions have been brought on board
this means that they have re.
leased him. He is fiery in his d..
nunciation of Great Britain ana
says he is going to avenge himself
to his utmost on English-speakinv
people"
1t was Kerensky who pleaded with
England for Trotzky's release-and
got it!
Political Exiles
Invited Back
Here in tie United States whsn
the word went around that the M.
litical exiles were invited back Ia
Petrograd, at the Russian Provision.
al Governments charge, people Be-.
gan coming into New York from an
points of the compass. The press
ure for free passage became great
and a Russian Revolutionary Com.
mittee was created to investigate an
applicants and designate whicf, were
eligible (from the Russian reyolu.
tionary viewpoint}. Comrades Of
Trotzky got a man called Shatoif
elected secretary of the COMMITTEES.
He was an anarchist agitator and
soon became the autocrat of the sit
uation.
Real Russians, men with trades
and vocations, whose return to Rus.
sia would have been helpful to the
government, were fatty refused pas.
sage, while the hordes of agitators
and Bolsheviki were given every as
sistance. All Shatoff had to do was
TO vouch for the applicant, and he
got his passage home.
In this manner several thousand
undsslrables, but few if any of the
law-abiding Russians, were sent back
to Petrograd, via Sweden, and dis
tributed among the soldiers and sail
ors at the front, to sow the Bol-
sheviki seeds of discord, insubordina-
ton and terror.
Consul General Oustinoff had In
structions from the Provisional Gov.
ernment to make no obstacles, and
as Shatoff had given his O. K. to
the Bolsheviki, the consul general
had no volition in the matter. He
had to send them home while it was
practicable. Some were sent back
later, via Japan and Vladivcssck.
but only few. Probably fifteen
thousand IL all were dispatched by
the Scandinavian route from all
points. FROM Bergen or Stockholm
they crossed the Baltic TO Russia.
Why did they not establish ad-
visory boards consisting Of repre-
sentatives Of the small nations like
Lithuania, Finland, Ukrainia, Po-
land, etc., to assist the Russian Pro-
visional Government and the Allies
representatives here? Something Of
the kind was meditated in New York
during last July and August
Diplomats Were
Caught Mapping
I personally approached some Of
the prominent leaders of the snaA,
oppressed nations of Russia and
urged them to return and support
the Provisional Government and sa-
sist it with practical counsel. They
told me that they would return for
that purpose if their expenses were
paid, and I duly reported their prop
osition. They were either respect
able working people or intellectnals
whose presence in Russia would have
been of practical value. But moth
ing was done about it.
Although thousands of the Boz
sheviii were sent back to Russis,
fares paid, with the full intentiaa'
most Of them. of doing their bit fM
Lenine, Trotzky and the Bolshesin
more than few regiments OF tae
Bolsheviki remained here.
Trotzky, the active leader, For
eign Minister" of Russia in Petrc
grad (who knows for what purposeU
agreed with Morris Hillquit, unsue.
cessful candidate for Mayor IN ths
last New York City election, on ever
point but one. He wanted to Pr
vent this country's entrance into fns
worlds conflict against Germany
and at a Socialist session held
New York, suggested that a gene,L
strike be Immediately organized. bas
Hillquit and his followers prevenp
the coup.