Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-15
PAID LEVINE AND TROTZKY
THROUGH STOCKHOLM BANK
Imperial Government Makes
Desperate Effort to Cover
Tracks in Transaction.
CONCERNING FACTS ARE GIVEN
Written Evidence That Berlin Or
dcrcd War Preparations Days
Before Murder of Archdukc.
IRr A.rncin.cd rress. ]

Try Associa,cd Pressl
WA SH y {; TON September -
Proofs removing any doubts ,ha, I-"-
rinc and Trotzky. the Bolsheyik lead
ers. are paid German aEcn's--if. in
deed any doubts remain--are laid bc-
fore the world to-day by the United
States government III the first install
ment OF an amazing series ot official
documents disc'oaci ;n~ouEh the Com :
nittee on Public tnformniion.
Secured Ia iIussia By American
agents, thos. documents not only show
how the German government. through
It's Imperial iiar.lS. pa'd It's gold 10 l,c-
rinc. TrotHk% and their immediate aH-
ao' .atea 20 beiray Russia into desert
i..E !lcr allies bu, give aided proofs.
II any be necessary. ina; G,rmany had
Perfected her plans for q war Of world
conanes, long before the assassin4tions
At Sa.evcjo ,onro ni-t,tiy fu-n .sh.i her
pretcxt.
The docunor;., further SNOW ;ha, be-
fore the world war "ac four months
old and more thar t"o years before
the nted states entered II, Germany
already WAS setting a-fuot her p!ans
TO mobilize Destructive agents and
observers u cause explosions. strikes
and outrage In this country. and plan
rec the employment az "anarChist; aud
escaped cri.Ai:.a.s for the purpose
DOCUMENTS IA. n,Hr:
Sf:N s'.".-it or INTRIGUE
Almost RANKIN, - their sensational
note propca!ns .ar by Mexico and
Japan, upon tm. u.,od States. which
ne .Aas"ciitrd iteaS. these documents
lay bare = new St.ata Of i'ruSsian in
trEue. AGw W.% ~ The work nsi Of
ia,I, ikuiuur To- i.r4pi ihc allies. standing
between the woiid aisd <aisfrism. The,
uisciosc new .ior: OF human trcac!l-
b. described BED wttsat @ffsa li amos sel
hs lis perpetrators on a pcaGstal ,vi IN
'uIas and his thirty pieces oi si.ver
CARED down 70 ine last deiai! OF ar
.anEemeni with ty'picai German sys-
series ser OF seven articles furnished b.,
me Committee on Publication Tor pub
day until ine sS.ios Is con.p!a!" "Sj!.,."S To-
So' only DO the dsc.osires prove
that l.eninc. Trotzky and their b,n,i
are paid German ascnts. ihey smvw
,hhaI INC HolSh "ik revolution. when
murS. imsF'" inio +uri An orgy ..
aom has seen. IA .u4.% ~. at;.,...d
uS ahS ternan general stan rl,.,,
be,rayed Itns s .,'', "a AZ, :''i OF ",fr:nany
peace" confer n.r; how Gcr,nan 81 !, n
Ibt..eIs ,ba ,stcret.y nAsv been received bv
me Bolshevi.' - military advisers
nov they have ;,G,ed as SPIES lp3m ,hs
,tlhnaSSics ti or the nations with whirh
I me allies were At peace, how ihcy In
feGtqaiiy have directed the BoisSS.yi,- - ;
I foreign. domestic ana ccnmoui1 ,,niiat.
i III mbm'!.S IN ~" interest .: Germany and
i They show how It licked t;ern,i, ,,s,,, 20,
i u'anucF was U"iA..vd TO 'd-fcLd'' Inr
y an e,iorss az s"''", 'As d"rndn army and
N G,.o "a ioI 90 Sr"iitAE !ntgig,is AMI
HI GoInination Almost beyond thc r,,I,,, " +.
III ina aSlaation. ''!'" %.
n ORIGINAL. DntlrMi:Nrs
~ AMERICAN HAMS
II originals Of documents. pho,oyr,.,.,.
II o. ORIGINALS and t!pewriti.u ,,'r,.i'
III ihrs.. some ot them IrA.kci very -.
bear;,, or nr'vatt and 'n-ny of them
sheVik leaders themselves: some o.
n rndn ypn,"in .r5,;.ih- h- references 10 Com
II a,, Eot"hS or "ConIradc Lcn.ne'.
SSh Pr!Ec the dainninE record. some or
tne originals, IL is shuvn aithnurn
HsisSi GHsiiosi.t1 In the secret arcnWcs or the
f: bolSheviki, were required 10 he -
turned later 20 repr. scuiatives OF m.
uerhah sencr..l stan in i-ot!ograd. thar
densce ddns "nisni ~ ,n me desttoy.G isut cv.-
th.v ~ :, fos nti ana inio tnc v"cancic,
| they ~ perfectly. The Bu.shcyil ..a,.
faSi radcs tne,h:el'sS' me-, intormeo tne:r COM
mad required the return OF the orcer
oi INC German lmparIai sank deposit
WI VII, '"ioov;oen Eoid rGhies III Il Stock
and that at the time the accounts OF
inc bank had been audited" to con-
Accai the payments.
me hrst nstallmcnt OF the revcla :
4NtohS appearing herewith is prcfaced
3Nby an Official statement by the Com
ymittec on Public Information, whicn
EItcIiS Drictiy what the succeeding IN
o! documents VIII prove
NThis official resume Of TN. disc;osur,.
BHsays:
The Committee on Puhlic Intorma
{]sion releases for puhiicltlon herewith
ln series or communi atoms DctWect,
it,hhe GERMAN Enpei!Al government an,,
the Russian Boisncvik Government. ana
'DetWeen the HoIshcvi-,Is, themselves
iaho also the repuIt thereon made 10
Heorgc Crcel by EHgGr 5isson. the
II.oiilrnlttees I.,il.i special representative III
rnSSla during the wuy.er Of i3l7-lS.
lhese document. 3hcw tn I the pres
ent heads OF tht l,yisheN.k govern
inent.-Lonin" and iroi.kA and their
associates are German agents
ooLS!fEti HElUluTIO:.
4, PLANNED ~. GERMANY
Ihey snow that the uoisnevik revo-
nan oaIoh was was arranged for hy. The GER
nan great general STAFF and financed
i'y the German lmpcria, Bdnk ana
'lnsr German fn2nciai institutions
,ihey show that III" treat, OF Bresr
LIito'sk was bciray..l OF the Kus
hian people by the t!e-CnGn agents i.c-
Fiine and T'rotzky. ,ha, a German.
'lcked comma ndcr wa3 chosen Ia de
ehd Petrograd against the Germans
nat nat German officers nave been Sc
'.retls received by the Bolshevik gov
'pon the embassies OF Iussia's alias
officers in the Russian army and
directors OF the Bo!shevik military
oreisn and domestic policy. 1'hcy
tho,',i,, thhoWi IN snort that the present Boi.
nevlk governncnt l. not "A Iiussiar
government at all, bur "a German GOV.
rnment, acting solely In the interes.,
Germany. and bctraying the j;,Is.
nm Inn people. as II bctrays Russin's
Continued in Part Three. Page Four