Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-19

can government is giving to tf
Other in. stallments OF the series
have described how the bolsheviki
leaders, Lenine and Trotzky and
their associates, were bought by the
Germans for millions in gold and
engineered their bloody overthrow
of Russia for the benefit of their
masters. Now the story is told of
how, while the Brest-Litovsk peace
conference farce still was in prog
ress, the bolshevikis were sending
hired agents into Roumania to dis
organize the armies of Russia's ally,
dethrone the Roumanian king, and
turn loose the German armies occu-
pied there for service in a great of
fensive on the western front.
Kill Russian Generals.
The second phase of the latest
disclosure shows the bolsheviki at
German direction undertaking not
only to kill refractory Russian gen.
erals but to shoot individually and
wholesale Polish soldiers who were
refusing to be sold to the Germans
and periodically keeping the field
against their enemies. One OF the
documents transmits orders from
the German intelligence service to
take most decisive measures, up to
shooting en- masse, against Polish
troops" and to institute surveillance
of institutions and persons, including
the Roman Catholic Polish clergy.
Explanatory notes by Edgar Sis
son, who obtained the documents,
and many details lacking in the
papers themselves, including a story
OF how the Roumanian minister
barely escaped assassination after
being arrested by the bolsheviki and
released through the efforts of
Ambassador Francis and other
diplomats are given:
The Vaccinations of Trotzky, in
spired by the German general, Hoff-
man, for the disruption of Rou-
mania, are disclosed in the following:
Document No. 81.
Counter Espionage at the Stavka.)
To the Commission on Combating
the Counter Revolution: Command
er-in-Chief Krilenko has requested
the counterespionage at the staff
to inform you that it is necessary
to order the following persons to
the Roumanian front Immediately:
From Pctrograd, Commissar Kuhl,
Socialist Rakovsky, Sailor Cute
shin; and from the front the chief
Of the Red Guard Durasov. These
persons sir0utf &c supplied with
sources for agitation. To them is
committed the task of taking all
measures for the deposing of the
Roumanian king and the removal of
counter-revolutionary Roumanian
officers.-Director of Counteres-
pionage, Feierabend; Secretary N.
Drachev.
Note.-This marks the beginning Of
large-scale work to disorganize the Rou-
manian army, That in its early winter
phases It advances disappointingly to
Germany ia evidenced by vengeful steps
taken later by General Hoffman and
AAoeAAy AAouA DTSst-LllONShs WHEN III tn6
middle Of January, Trotsky, at the re-
quest OF General Hoffman, ordered the
arrest In Petrograd Of the Roumanian
minister Diamandi. The contents Of this
letter, written by Joffe, were tele-
graphed to Washington in February and
Photographic copy Of letter forwarded
At about the same time the Roumanian
public gold reserves In custody within
the kremlin walls at Moscow were seized
BY the Russian government. Diamandi
was released from arrest at the demand of
the united diplomatic delegations at Petro-
grad, but his humiliations continued and
on January IS he was ordered from Pet
rograd, being given less than 10 hours
to prepare for the departure Of party
that contained many women and children.
Ambassador Francis sought In vain of
zalkind. who was acting as foeign min
lister In the absence of Trotzky, again vt
Brest. for an extension of the time of
q departures The Roumanian party was
thrown pell-mell on train at midnight.
It was delayed In Finland on one excuse
and another. not Immediately apparent,
but In three weeks the minister. leaving
behind large part of his people. was
allowed to proceed to Torneo. BY good
luck he reached there Q day after the Red
guard lost Torneo to the White Guard.
That day saved his life, for on the person
OF Svetlitzsky, Russian commissar
who Joined him In mid-Finland and ac-
companied him to Torneo. was found an
order 70 Timofeyeff. the commissar at
sTorne0. to shoot him. Svetlitzsky was
shot finstead. When passed through
Torneo the control officer talked frankly
about the details, expressing the opinion
that the shooting might have been mis-
tak4 as 1t was not shown that Svetiltzsky
was aware Of the contents Of the letter.
Svetlitzsky. however. was an important
Hw,a~ IL n~ArA ynn~ On tuIrx H,,r
American party brought Guranesco. the
secretary of the Roumanian delegation
out Of Finland through the lines with US.
He had been In Red Finland seven weeks.
Behind US at Bjornehurg we left several
families Of Rounanians who had departed
from Finland with the minister We
would have liked to have brought them
our venture was too desperate to permit
unauthorized additions to the party
The marginal notation on this letter
Ii Execute" initiated "ch," the sign
manual OF Chicherin. the returned exile
from England at that time assistant min
lister OF foreign affairs. now minister OF
foreign affairs.
Have photograph Of letter.
sLetter from Joffe at Brest-Litovsk
carrying General Hoffmann's order
through Trotzky to incite agitation
against the Roumanian army, and to ar
rest Diamandi. the Roumanian minister.
CONFIDENTIAL.
tNn TIL. Affair Of Peace Deleg., To Re
port I. Urgent (Initials))
Brest-Litovsk,
Dec. 81, 1917. No. 365lN. K.
Comr. Shitkevitch: Take copies
and send to the Comiss. for For
cign Affairs, personally to Comr.
Zalkind.
To the Council of National Com
missaries: Comrade L. D. Trotsky
has charged me to bring to the
T - -,t1Ica ef L. Council nf Ma