The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-06

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arrival fsr 8nnse. msnshs Sat xuba.-
uuenslys was released. fa@ ttsrcuBon
took pa89aNe u isadrff the sfsayr&hip
Monserrat from Barcelona &Ild arrixed
In New York on January "a. 1877. ace
companied. by his wife. Annatoiis. and
two children. Leon. eleven, and SERGE
nine. .-,....-- -. .---~4.--.--.As~-+.
'ITe Was met at The pier BY Arthur
cunEnTs. anpefIntanaaRT OF Hebr~w
Sheltering Immigrant Aid society. He
went TO .IiTe ia AN apartment of three
rooms on vyse avenue. the Bronx
few days after his arrival in New York
ne procured employment as an editorial
writer with the socialistic daily Now
MIR. published at n st. Marks place.
this cfty The moving spirits Of this
-DUfSCaTfdr arD II Ufdffsfd and Max
M8iSeI the latter a dealer in stationery.
supplies IT Grand and Attorney streets
His Weekly Salary Was $40.
ZIP to the time or Trotzky's de-
parture from his country he was EN-
p.oyed with the Novy MIR, and the
books Of this publication show that
he receiyed a weekly salary of SD.
He slso was permitted to write edi-
torials for other papers. notably q
German Soeielstic qualifications the
Folkszeitung. published at IS Spruce
street by the VolkszeftutB~ Sociafstic
Literature company Investigation at
the Office uc tte ~vorkszeftung shows
that Trotzky was paid at the rate 81
Sla for each editorial he wrote, His
relation to and connection with the
Vonsszeitung was chiefly. through the
editor of this publication one Ludwig
Lore one OF the recognized German
Socialist leaders III Nsw York city.
"Tretgky sailed from New York via
the steamship Kristianafiord on
March 81, 1917. He wax accompanied
BY his wife and two children and the
following persons. VASTLY Lichezew,
Grfeory C1ulowskv, Gerskor Melnic-
zanslSy, Aaron Litwak Feige WAX
stein ana child. Konstantin Roman
chenkO Stepan Stukaoa, Triton KIT
guta. Stepan EFmelenko, Sholm
Kontororovwich Ivan Bondaranko,
lFerentz Radenko. Alexander Kossa-
kovsky and Scloima Bukon
In ali Trotzky for himself and
party paid 81 a9456 for passage
/ money, which consisted of sixteen
secnnd-class tickets at the rate OF
( $50 each and ono first class ticket,
( }lI4-50, Scioiu4a Dukon being the
only member of the party that trav-
erlhd first cIass The tickets were ar
ranged for through a Russian steam
ship company and an insurance agent
by the name or Henry G. FARO, who
has a steamship ticket office at /
Third avenue
IT am Informed that the steamship
tickets were paid for in our cur
+ reney. and white Trotzky was the
| spok esman most of his companions
| accompanied him to the agency Of
flee aud the steamship agents recall
4 lection is that each paid for his own
ticket and that Tpotzkv collected the
money from them right in the Of
fec.
st have been unable to verify from
the Russian consul that he advanced
any funds to- Trotzky to return 10
Russia. The consul states that at
the time Trotzkv left nc made app1i.
cation 10 the consul for funds. but it
seems that the Russian goveEament
had not made provision at that time
for the proper credits for Russian
| emGrauts and that while Trotzky did
not get any funds from the Russian
government, IL seegns that q few
weeks after Trotzky departed proper
credits were arranged for in New
YORK and that thereafter and up 60
thus date Russians desiring to return
To Russia can secure free passage at
the consulate on application.
Earned $3.50 by Socialist Lectures.
AZ also have verified the fact that
Trutgky earned some $2s9 nr $500 for
twenty-eiRht or thirty lectures he de-
livered a Socialist gatherings In fur
therance oil, the Socialistic municipal
campaign, and that the night before
his sailing some sort of AT entertain
ment and meeting was held in the Har-
( lem Rlver casino. where a collection
l. -yvas taken uo-for- the beneft-of Frotxky
and that SECS was collected and handed
| TO rrotzkv by Socialists who attende
this entertainment
''Trotzky. during hts short stay in
= this country was very closely affiliated
= with Ludwig Lore managing editor of
the VolkszeitunE. / have been unable
, to verify any indications Of Trotxky
receiving money from any German
sources. I have made a digest Of trans
latieas OF Trntzky's speeches and edi-
, torials the general tone of which IL
that he is a great advocate of peace
and q general expounder of Socialtstif
! principles. .-
/ Besides the TrotZky party thai
sailed by the steamship Kristianiafiort
9 there also were twelve other Russians
= Lincoln Steffens also was aboard thu
! ship. The Russians Included Andrew
\ REPRESENTATION, Israel ]. Fundorninsky
Robert JivotoslSy, NJ Orossecus. Mrs. q
n Bitneyszezlantna. Nicolai Nokoriaknff
= s A. Cheecheff, Olga Lewtskata. Annie
I Petron Mikatai Muohin. Isaiba Fish
r efeff Edith Fichis,
e Upon the arrival or the party al
t Halifax, Nova Scotia, the steamshiY
& was searched by the British authorf
= ties and Trotzky and good many o.
= his party were detained In the British
I detention camp. pending Investigation
II They were subsequently released, an
informed. at the request of the Russian
10 government.