The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-21
B0LsHEY|kI SECRETS.
ACTIVITIES AGAINST JSrfkD
STATES AND ALLIES.
Tricks of Long Aeo-German Gencr-
aI.Staf Made Demands OF Peopls.>'
Comlmssarfes in November, 1917.

tivfries against the -Cnited States ara
the allies Of the German paid an3
controlled Russian Belshevik govera-
ment are the subject OF today's chap
ter of confidential documents from
Russia given to the public by the
American government.
One of the documents, terse note
from the German general staff TO the
council of peoples commissaries, cis-
closes that as long ago as November
| 1917, when the Russian regime SUI
was regarded as an ally OF the ma
ffons at war with Germany, the Gcc-
mans were brusduely requiring LIE
nine and Trotzky to furnish inforna-
ton regarding the amounts and Place
of storage OF supplies. received b;
Russia from America, England ana
France.
Others tell of the launching N jan
aaary and February this year OF
Bolshevik peace and socialistic pro1-
asanda against the United States:
England and France, at the direction
OF the German intelligence service.
This was at ine very time ts;a'
Schiedeman, the powerful German
Socialist and world Socialism apoS-'
tie was in communication with ms
Russian brothers regarding the de-
struction Of the traces OF the party 5
business relations with the imperial
government" The intelligence ser
vice required the Bolsheviki to send
to the allied countries through ,neu-
fral Europe s.comrades" under as,
4spmed names and with false nea:ra'
Apassports, to preach their doctrine OF
disorga nization and 30 carry on 'cai3l-
..Daiens of counter revolution, sabo-
.4age, Iooting, etc.
-: Plans Of the Germans for senu1ns.
three submarines, disassenbied = bS
rail overland to Vladivostok for serV-
ice on the Pacific are disclosed III q
Communication OF the German higti
feet general staff to the conanalssar-
les. Another of the naval ccn1n1na-
cations reveals a scheme conceived
in January OF employing Russiaf
ships en- the Pacific under the kus-
sian flag to carry agitatorsH aEti
gents-destructors" to the Unitel
States. japan and the British colo
mes IN eastern ASA.
Personal notes from the German:
intelligence service to the -coulmfs-
saires describe the assault up:,f a::'l
robbery Of the italian ambassador II:
the streets Of Petrograd in February
last in a vain effort to get possession:
of important papers believed t.
have been in the possession OF the
ambassador. Other notes tel in de-
tail of the watch kept upon the
American and other allied embassies
Like the. remainder of the doeu-
ments those made public today are
accompanied by notes explaining
which are originals and which are
Photographic copies and by .eXplana
tory comments by Edgar S:sson, who
obtained the correspondence in Rus.
sia for the committee on public IN
formation. 80
The following documents, with Mi:
Sisson's Interpretive notes, expose the
German -Bolshevik plot against tbs:
allies.
Document No. 1G.
(Counterespionage, Stavka.~. Jan. q.
1918, No. 215.)
To the Commissariat OF Foreign
Affairs:
We hereby advise you of tho
arrival in Mogilev of the following
German officers, who are being order
ed to England, France and America:
ZanWald, Won Weinc, Pabst, Mayer
Gruenwaldt, and Baron Schlllin&
They have been granted passports
sent here by Conmissar Trotzky,
Won Weine, with a Danish pass
port in the name of Hansen, mer-
chant of Copenhagen, is to proceed Y
England.
Baron schilling is ordered to tn :.
United States of America with a
Norwegian passport in the name o4
Dr.. Joseph Brun.
Gruenwaldt has instructions to pro-
ceed to France with q Russian pass
.port in the name Of Ivan KaInin.
The remaining persons. are to MAX"
a journey through Finland and Swc-
Gen, supplied with papers. from the
German staff, in order TO follow u2
the counter-revolutionary work Of
countries allied to us.-Chief O
counterespionage Feierabend.
NOIe-A young bSi iiieAi w ~ '''ti' :
he was a deserting officer and that
his name was Mayer, sought the aia
of the embassy. the military mission
and myself in getting to America. h
was a good looking young I'russian
had lived in New York. spoke English
with very little accent. and claimed
TO have been converted to the presi-
dents views on peace requisites. IL"
said he had walked across the lines
as a deserter because he could stan
no more of German war and that h.
wanted to go to the United States 'o
talk and write against Germany. /
was not receptive. There is no recs
ord at our military control office in
Christiania of a passport to DR.. Jo-
seph Brun.
Have photograph of letter.
Document No. Il.
(Commissar for combating the coun-
ter revolution and. progroms. No.
80. January 5. 1918, Petrograd)
To the Peoples Commissariat fol-
Foreign Affairs:
The plenipotentiary commiss;tr
for combating the counter-revo-