New-York tribune., 1918-01-28
Revolt in Austria Plotted
By 1rotzky in East Side
Ills Agents Have Been Spreading Dssenson Throughout
Dual Monarchy, Declare His Former Associates
Here-Whole Boshevik PROPAGANDA Part
of Systenaatized Scheme

IS the present upheaval in Austria
the result merely of the overwhelming
cnnui OF war which is conceded to have
gripped The people of the Dual Mon
archy, or IS it definite extension OF
the Bolshcvik movement, engineered
and generated from pctrograd by Leor
Trotzky himself.
This IS the question which is being
eNcitedly canvassed in those same cafes
and cofiee-rooms OF the East Side
where, year ago. Trotzky -derded
and discounted by all save handful OF
the very reddest revolutonaries-
drawing up the plans for seixng the
Russian power and throwing down the
gauntlet which to-day is so upsetting
the balance Of international equil-
ibrium.
That Trotzky has personally sent
emlssarles into Austria and Hungary
q man IN close touch with the revolu-
tlonary Russian movement said yester-
day. us we'll known. All the papers
here have made some mention of the
TACT. They have mentioned. too, the
vast quantitiey Of literature With which
the Bolshevik have flooded Austria
Hungary. What they have not men
tioned--because. being unaquainted
with revolutionary affairs. they have
had no intimation Of the facts--is the
methods whereby these emissaries and
their literature have gained access to
the country, and the fact that the whole
bolshevik propaganda in the Dual Mon
archy IS not simply a series of arrows
shot INTO the air. but a part Of the
systematized scheme with which Trot-
Ky from the beginning set out TO over
throw capitalist society,"
Key to Situation Is in Bohemia
so far as Austria Hungary is con-
cerned," said this man. 1.-The key to the
whole present situation lies not in
Vienna or Budapest. but in Bohemia
particularly in Prague
"The sentiment OF the Bohemian peo-
pie toward militarist Austria and Ger
many was strikingly eXemplitied about
q year ago, when the son Of Victor Ad-
Ter. the Majority Socialist leader. rose
up and assassinated Count Sturgkh. the
Premier-an act for which he is still
confined in jail awaiting trial. Before
TINS two we'll Aknown Bohemian profcs-
sors, kramarz and Massarvk. neither Of
whom is Socialist, had been sentenced
10 death on treason charges arising
from their nationalist activities. From
the very beginning Of the war prac.
tically the entire Bohemian population.
numbering about 100000. has opposed
the war and all war measurcsEif not
actively, at least in secret.
Long before Trotzky left America. >"
said The Tribune's informant, "he tig
ured on capltalizing this condition, pre-
clSe!V as he figured on orppnizinc tho
sentiment Of the Russian working class
Tor peace, During his stay in Switzer-
land, while he was writing the first
chapters of his book on world Deace
ne was IN close touch with Bohemian
labor leaders and Socialists of the ey-
treme left. AT that time. tentatively
he laid the groundwork for the cam,
palgn, IN which the establishment OF
boishevik supremacy in Russia was
only the first step.
Second Step in Trotzky's Plan
"Ihe second stcp-the link betwcen
Russian and Central European revolu.
1!on---was the peace challenge which
Trotzky has already issued. and which
has resulted in the recent Brest-
Litovsk pourpaflers. That those pour-
parlers would succeed in bringing
about peace. do not believe Trotzky
ever for moment thought I do know
very thoroughly the scheme of action
ne mad mapped out in case he and
Lenlne succeeded at Petrograd.
Based primarily, so far as Austria
hungary is concerned, upon the strong
national movement in Bohemia. this
scneme derived its motive power from
lhe industrial organizations of Bohe-
ana. led by Anton Nemec, leader Of