Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-21
CONVINCING LINK
PROVES HUN GUILT
Documents Disclose Germany
Prepared to Start World
Conquest.
ORIGINAL CIRCULAR is FOUND
Industrial Concerns Notified to
Open Secret Instruction
to Mobilize.
ORIGINAL CIRCULAR is FOUND
LRv A.soelatca rrc.sl

by the assa ssinatiou OF the Austrian
heir apparent at Sarajavo. concludes
the amazing series OF disclosures which
the American government, has given TO
the public through secret documents
brought out Of Russia
Two authenticated documents are in
cluded n the final chapter OF the story.
which began a week ago With evidence
removing any doubt that may have cX-
isted that tho Russian Bolshevik gov
eminent. headed by l.cnine and Trotzky,
IL tool OF tho imperial German gov
ernmep'.
One Of these is an original circular
from the German general staff dated
June ?. 1914, directing that all indus
trial concerns be notified TO open their
mobilization. Another. dated November
20. 1914. is from the German naval
genera stan and reveals tina, within
Europe. destruction agents" were
ordered TO Canada and the United
states 10 hire anarchists and escaped
Of terror which finally played "A part
IN drawing the United states into the
war.
In addition to this authenticated evil
dehce. Edgar Stsson who obtained the
papers for the Committee on Public In
formation ohcrs remarkable group
o. circulars put out in Russian text
At ietro-rad last winter purportinc
TO be copies OF documents taken from
the archives Of the connterespionac
bureau OF the kerensky Governments
OF IN" same bureau before the fall OF
the Car. Some OF this matter has
been published previously in France
ana IN this country. The circulars tell
OF German arrangements six months
pcfoTc the outbreak OF war for tho
esta hltshmnnt OF the financial agencies
IN norderinE neutral countries: which
operations OF tho Rolshcviki: OF orders
TO German banks to establish close and
srcTc relations with American and
r,nnhsn banks: OF the launching Of
revolutionary props ganda against the
Cars government in Ru=sia as early
as November. 1914. aud Of Instructions
10 German diplomats in all neutral
countries to cooperate With agencies
set np in those countries for stirring up
social unrest. strikes and sentiment
against war. within The enemy states.
NAME OF SCHEIDEMANN
SIGNED TO ONE DOCUMENT
The namc OF Scheidemann. tho Ger
man socialist leader. already mentioned
as involved in tho dcalngs OF the Ger.
man government with Eolshcviki. ar-
authenticated documents II is a no;c
announcing that $50 kroners have hccn
placed TO the credit Of a Russian news
rape- and asking that Ithc name nf
Scheldcnann organ AZ EcrlinD be ad-
sidizcd journal
ms appendix Is n; circulars o! which
except in two noted cases. have
neither originals nor authenticated
comics y number OF sets of them were
pHt Out in Russian text in Petrograd
winter Gals) by tho opponents Of The
holshcv'ki. The circulars were de-
clared TO he copies of documents taken
IRON the nonnterespionase Bureau OF
the kcrcnSky government. supplement-
ed n: some earlier material from the
same bureau when II was under the
imperial government. The opportunity
for securing them could easily have
been afforded TO tho agents and or
7lovees 81 tho bureau. for most of them
walked out when tho Eolsheviki grasp
I'd the government and could have
taken freely OF tac contents OF their
dcnartments.
Some or ,he documents were includ-
ed IN the publication made in Paris.
hitherto referred to.
IN" simnl" test that ! have applied
I" The cirrulars is that of internal
out contradiction. have not relied
on them as proof. but they III to other
fabrics OF proof. and in tho light OF
= arc. more valuable for themselves
than thcy were when they stood alone.
ABLE TO PROVE: PLAN
OF INDUSTRIAL MOBILIZATION
Finally, am now able to prove that
two OF the documents among these cir
cmlar rs--the circular Of industrial mo-
bilization Of June 2. 1914, and tho
agents destruction circular of Novem-
ber IS isI4--are authentic. have
them in the original German printed
and | have the doubly attes,ed Rus
sian and German record that they in
preceding time. reposed in the files of
tho secret service of the Russian gov
ernmcnt, from which they were taken
by German order and turned over to
German representatives Of the Ger
man government In Fetrograd with
the intent OF eliminating them AS in
(See Document 3 OF my ReportD
This group of circulars came into my
hands the FIRST week in February. 1918.
and few days later two duplica te sets
reached me. prepared digest Of
the set and AMBASSADOR Francis cahlcd
the messare in code 10 the State De
partmcnt February ..
it was nearly four weeks later before
secured tho originals and all the
photographs listed in my Report. Two
OF these originals were of circulars |
earlier. That summa rizes the case of
the circulars Of the appendix consider
cd as evidence.
Analysis Of German conspiracy matter.
with notes as prepared by me and
cabicd state Department in Ambassa-
dor Franciss code February O. 1918,
and with some added notes. as indi-
Gated.
DOCUMENT NO. 81.
circular IS. February. isl4.-From
banks and by agreement with the
Austro- Hungarian Government the
"Cesterreichische kreditanstali."
The managementS Of all German
hanks which arc Transferring business
abroad and. by agreement with the
Austro-HunEarian Government the
"Cesterrcichische hekrcditans,alt" bank
are hereby advised that the Imperial
Government has deemed it TO he of
extreme necessity 10 ask tho mana GO
ment Of all institutions of credit 10
establish with all possible dispatch
agencies In t.uleo. IIaparanda and
Farde. on the frontier Of Finland. and
in Bergen and Amsterdam. The cstab-
lishmrnt of such agencies for more
effective observation of tho financial
interests of shareholders Of Russian.
French and English concerns may be-
come. a necessity under certain circum-
stances. which would alinr Ihn sltnn