The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1918-02-25

HAVE BEEN SHOWN
IN GERMAN PAY
Amazing Peace Terms Accept
ed Emphasize importance
Of Paris Revelations.

me omdsin0 peace terms accented
~ Lenthc and Trotekv hare otven
b"p and hWportont emphasis TO the
I charges made pith documentary sup.
Tot early in February that a number
/ Of The Boisherikt leaders had been
m 0ermdn pap. The Evening World
reprints Paris despatch 10 me
World on Feb. 8:
'AKlS' Feb. S.--Leon Trotzlsy. the
Bolshovik Foreign Minister. and
Nikolai Lcnine, the Bolsheylk Prom.
'sr' are named. with others OF the
boIsheVlkl, in official German docu-
inents which tho Petit Parisien pub.
iIshes to-day. in continuation OF H.,
revelations designed 10 show that
Germany aided In the disruption of
the Russian Army and fomented
trouble in hany countries even be-.
foro tho war began.
One letter tells OF the opening oran
account FOR Comrade Trotzky's en-
'erprise' In German bank: others
disclose the payment 70 Lenins o,
sums varying from 10000 TO sOO. 200
marks tnominally $4,000 TO SIS 0Oo.
The documents, the Petit Parisien
asserts, were brought to France by a
French scientist, who obtained them
from a Russian revolutionary news
paper. One OF them. dated March =.
1917. is from the German Imperial
Bank TO all its representatives In
switzerland instructing them 10
honor all demands for money from
Nikolai Lenine. NJ. Zinovierf. Prcsl-
dent OF the Petrograd Soviet: Leon
Trotzky, VI. Kohnenefr. ono OF the
Russian Representatives at the Brest-
Lltovsk r5ace negotiations: NJ. SUI
menson and Mazsta Kosiovsky. who
has been described as the chief Ger
man agent in Russia: Mime. Alexan-
dra Kollontay, a supporter OF Ienlnc. !
and now in charge OF the Bolshevik |
Department Of Public Welfare: Gen. |
Sivers and NJ Mercnlu. The money |
was to be paid under certain condi- |
tions."
Another letter Is dated at Stock |
holm. Sept Fl. 1917. from Y. E'urston-
burg TO Raphael Schnumann at |
Haparanda. IL reads:
"Honored Comrade: Varburg's !
Bank. on receipt Of telegram from
the President Of the Rhenish West
phalian Syndicate. has opened an ac-
count for Comrade Trotzky's enter
prise The lawyer has brought arms
and arranged for their conveyance as
far as lulea and Varda. Instruct the |
firm Of Essen Sons at LuIea as TO
whom they are TO be consigned and
the name Of tho confidential person
TO whom the sum asked for by Com.
rade Trotzky is to be paid over"
In another circular Zinovief is
named, as Is also NJ. Lovnatscharsky,
Commissioner of Public Instruction.
1t follows:
"Circular Nov. .. 1914. Imperial
Bank to representatives Nlabanken
at Stockholm and to agents Diskouto
Gesselschaft and Deutsche Bank. At
the present time pourparliers between
authorized agents OF the Imperial
Bank and tho revolutionaries Zino-
vien and Lovnatscharsky are ter
minated. The said persons addressed
themselves to certain financiers. who,
in return. addressed themselves to
our representatives. We consent to
uphold the agitation and propaganda
they intend TO make In Russia on tho
sole expressed condition that this
propaganda, directed by the above
named Zinovieff and Lovnstsehsrsky,
touches the armies at tho front. II
the agents OF the Imperial Bank pre-
sent themselves TO your banker we
beg you 10 open necessary credits,
which will be covered by Berlin at
your first request RISSER."
Another is addressed to the banks
above mentioned as well as to tho
Diskonto Gcsclschaft agents at
Copenhagen and to the representative
Of the Deutsche Bank in Switzerland.
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