New-York tribune., 1918-10-03
Bondbard the Hum!

story in the paper which characterized
the Sisson documents as "brazen for
gerics.'
Sisson's Report Attacked
S. Nuorteva. head of the Finnish
Publicity Bureau in the United States,
was quoted as authority for the state
mcnt. Nuorteva declared that the
documents were not discovered by
Sisson. but were found by him in the
Russian Office Of Raymond Robins,
representing the American Red Cross.
He declared that Robins had previous
knowledge Of the spurious nature of
the documents and warned Sisson
against publishing them.
Robins has refused pcrsistcntly to
give out statement.
Concerning Nuortcva. Crecl said in
his letter to The Post"
Nowhere in the interview did this
man Nuorteva make single charge
based upon his own knowledge. He
stated explicitly that he received his
facts from Raymond Robins, from
Colonel William B. Thompson and from
Thomas Thatcher, and he promised
that The Evening Post would be able
to corroborate his alleged facts by
making inquiry Of the three men men
toned And The Evening Post print
ed his unsupported statement without
ised Confederation, and without the
slightest apparent effort to ascertain
the true character of Nuorteva.
Called Enemy Of United States
Had this investigation been made,
it would have developed that Nuorteva
is the paid propagandist of the Boil
4. Al, \
examination by the investigatory
admitted his enmity to the United
States. More than this. he has ad-
mitted lie after lie in connection with
his letter published in The New York
Evening Post
INSTEAD of persisting in the false
hood that all of the material in dis
pute had been in the hands of Mr..
Robins, he confessed that he had
never seen or heard of many of the
documents.
Every rule of decent journalism de
manded that before Nuorteva's state
ments were published an investigation
should have been made by The Even
ing Post
II say TO you fatty. that The Even
ing Post cannot escape the charge of
having given aid and comfort to the
enemies of the United States in an
hour of national crisis. These docu-
mcnts were published with the full au-
thority of the government behind them
They were not given out until there
was every conviction that they were
absolutely genuine. They were pub.
lished for the purpose of discreditinp
the propaganda of Bolshevism in the
United States by showing to all honest
men in the movement that their faith
was misplaced, and that the United
States had not taken its present posi-.
tion without que thought and full
troof"
Says Reds Are Helped
What "The Evening Post" attempted
to do was to defeat the purpose of oul
government by casting doubt upon the
revelation of Bolshevik treachcry. And
strument employed for that purpose
was paid agent of Lcnine and Trct
sky.
What "The Evening Post" had done
and what it must have meant to do. is
to give the Bolsheviki in this country
an excuse for continued resistance to
the laws of the country and to the
purposes of America. They do no
need to make their own charges now
All they have to DO is to quote "Th'
Evening Post" as they go about the
United States preaching their doctrine
of treason and disloyalty.'
To prove that Crcel cntertainc'
views reconcilable with the opinion
of Nuroteva. "The Post" printed
letter, SAID to have been written b.
Creel 70 a resident of New York. Al
extract follows:
"Thcsc documents were issued b,
the full approval Of the govcrnmen
after a very careful investigation b,