Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-15

photographs OF letters winch passed
between the Bolshevik leaders and
the ~.-.man, general stat, or the Ger
man officefs ip Russia, Document
No. 81 shows that on November !,
1917, when Russia was still regarded
as an ally OF Great Britain, France
and America, the German general
staff was having "the honor to re-
quest" the Bolshevik leaders to III
form il at the earliest possible mo-
ment" concerning the quantity and
storage place of the supplies which
had been received from America,
England and France, and also the
units which are keeping guard over
the stores"
Document IS shows the German
general staff requiring the Bolshevik
leaders to send "agitators to the
camps of the Russian prisoners OF
war in Germany" in order that they
might procure spies to work among
the English and French troops an
to further peace propaganda" Ana
this is proposed by the German gen.
eral staff as being according to the
negotiations between the Russian and
German peace delegations at Brest-
Litovsk."
False Passports.
In document p the Bolshevik lead
ers and the Germans are arranging to
sefld agents, agitators, and agent de-
structors" out of Vladivostok ito
ports of the United States, Japan,
and British colonies in Eastern Asia
In document 10 Trotzky is provid-
ing fraudulent passports for German
officers who are going to England,
France and America as spies and
enemy agents.
And document II shows Trotzky
indorsing a similar proposal to be
urgently executed. /. T."
Three German submarines are to
be sent to the Pacific on the Trans
Siberian railway by orders of the Ger
man High command in document No.
e. Lists of German and Russian
spies watching the British, French
and American embassies in Petrograd
are given in document No. Is. And
finally, in document No. IS, the Boil
shevik leaders are warned that in
formation concerning "the connection
Of the German government with the
Bolshevik workers" has leaked out
and that Russian troops are hearing
of it,
Letters are given to show how the
Bolshevik leaders and the German
officers arranged for the assassination
of Russian nationalist leaders (docu-
ments, IS, 80 and 52), for the de-
struction of the Polish legionaries
in the Russian army documents 40
to 42), for the Reorganization of the
Rumanian army and the deposing Of
the Roumanian king document No.
37), for the substitution of officers
satisfactory to Germany in command
of Russian troops instead of patriotic
Russian generals documents 81 and
S2), for the suppression of patriotic
agitation among the Russian soldiers
documents IS and H., for an attack
upon the Italian ambassador in Pet
rograd and the theft of his papers
documents 26 and ~, and for the
employment of German soldiers in
Russian uniforms against the Russian
national armies in the south (docu-
ment 35).
Several of the letters are Endorsed
by Trotzky. Even standing alone,
they are complete proof that the Boil
shevik leaders were ruling as German
agents in Russia and obeying Ger
man orders to act against all Ger
many's enemies and even against
Russia itself.
Revolts Controlled.
Moreover, these Bolshevik leaders
acted as German agents by suppress
ing their own socialist revolution in
the Russian provinces where their
doctrines interferred with German
plans Of annexation. Document 46
is the original letter from the Petro-
grad department of the German gen.
eral staff, addressed to the Bolshevik
commissar of foreign affairs. II
reads: According to instructions
of the representative of our general
staff, I have the honor once more to
insist that you recall from Estland
Liva and Courland all agitators OF
the central executive committee of the
soviet of workmen's and soldiers
deputies" And in document AZ the
general staff orders the Bolshevik
to cease the agitation in Estlant
which had finally led to the German
landlords being declared outlawed,
and to take immediate steps for tn,
restoring of the rights of the above
mentioned German landlords"
| Another group of letters (Nos. ;;
to $50 shows how the Germans cheat
ed the Bolshevik leaders in their deal
ings with the Ukraine and made ,
separate German peace with the anti
Bolshevik leaders in that Russian
province. And another group show.
\ the Germans assisting both sides O
the civil war in Finland document.
So, 43, and 53).
The documents, as they follow, ar,
kgiven in the report form in which
they were transmitted by Mr.. Sissor
to Mr.. Creel, chairman of the com
mittee, with some later data adde,
and carefully indicated. For instance
Mr.. Sisson did not learn until sew
eral weeks after he had left Russi
that the German order (Which h
possessed) naming the Russian VIII,
; was to defend" Petrograd had bee,
obeyed.
A Documents Explained.
Report by Edgar Sisson-Install
ment |.
Introduction and documents l to
Three groups of documents ar
subjected to internal analysis in tn
material that follows: One grou
consists of originals, one group con
sists of photographs of document
believed still to be in the file roor
of the Russian Bolsheviki, and tn
! third (the appendix to the first in
) stallment) of typewriter circular
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