Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-19

bloody overthrow OF Russia for the
lcncht OF their masters Now the story
Is told OF how, while tho Brest- t-I.i,ovsk
peace conference farce still was n
progress. tho Eolshovika were sending
hired agents into Eoumania 10 disor-
,aniZc the armies of RUssia's ally, de
tf.onc the Roumanian King and ,uin
loose the German armies occupied there
for service III Il great offensive on the
western front
PLANNED MURDER or
LOYAL POLISH SOLDIERS
The second phase of tho latest dis
closure shows the lsolshcviki. at Ger
man direction. undertaking not only
10 Kill refractory Russian generals, bu.
I" shoot individually aud wholesale po-
lish soldiers who were refusing TO he
keeping the Held against their enemies.
one Of the documents transmits orders
from the German intelligence service
TO 'iah, most decisive measures. up 10
shooting en- massc. agains, Polish
troops" and TO institute surveillance
Of institutions and pcrSonS. including
tho roman Catholic Polish clergy
Explanatory notes By Edgar Ssson.
who obtained the documents and many
de;sils lacking in the papers them
selves, including story Of how tho
Ecisheviki aud released through the
efforts OF Ami s8ador Francis and other
Gip!omata. barely escaped assassina
ton.
by the German General Hoffman. for
the disruption OF Houmania are dis
closed in tho foliowinS:
DOCUMENT 40. So.
tIountersspiouag at tho S;aVka.,
To tho Commission on Combating the
chc Countcrrcvolution:
Comma nder- Chief krilcnko has
requested the countcrespionac at the
staff 10 inform you that IL is necessary
70 order The following persons to. the
Houmanian front imm mcdiatcly: from
retroE-ad Commissar kuhl. Socialist
g;avoksky, sailor Guicshin; and from
no front the chief OF the Rcd Guard
purasov. These pergcna should be sup
plicd with literature and with imam
ei" resources Tor asi,ation, To them
j.: committed tho task Of taking All
measures for the dcposinS OF lhc Rou-
m,anian King and the removal of coun-
tcr-rcvolutionary Rouma nian "nice rs
Director OF CountcrcSpionagc fcierd-
hcud Secretary y. prachcS.
Notc-Thjs marks Tho beginning OF
large scale work to disoTGaniZe the
Eonmanian army. That in iis carly
inElT TO Germany Is evidenced by
,cnsefuI steps taken later by General
Hoffman and Trotzky from Er"St- Lit
ovsk. when in the middle Of January,
TrctZky. at the request of General
oirnan. ordered the arrest in retro
grad OF ihc Roumanian minister l'a-
nandi. The contents OF this letter
written by Jofc. we're tclegraphcd to
=
graphic copy of letter forwarded
At abou, the same time the Rouma-
nian public gold reserves in custody
within the krcmlin walls u; Moscow
were seized y! tho Russian govern
n,cnt pian2ndi Was released FROM ar
rcSt at tho demand Of ths united Dip
lona;ic dele CATIONS at FctroGr@d, but
his nun, lila lions continued. and on Jan
uary * he was ordered from Pctro-
grad being given less than ten hours
10 prepare for the dcpartur" Of pArtT
that conta lned man. women and chii
drcn Ambassador Francis sought in
vain OF Xaikind. who was acting as
Foreign Minister in the absence ot
Trotzky again at Brcst, for an cNtcn-
sion OF the i;mc OF departures. Inc
F;oumanjan pariy was thrown Pen-
neil on a train 4 midnight. II VAS
delayed III 'mlamr. on ono excuse and
another no, ncoliately apparent but
in three weeks the Minister. leaving
behind Il large part Of his peopls' Was
allowed 10 proceed TO Tornco. Fly good
luck he reached there the day atter
the Red Guard los; Torneo TO the White
Guard That day saved his lite. Tor on
the pcrson of SvctiitEsky, Russian
com H,ssar who jo:ne@ him in mid Elm
land and accompa him 10 iorhro'
was found an order 10 iimoicyeH' inc
commissar at Tornco. TO shoot MIN.
Svetlitzsky was shot instead. When ]
basscd through Torneo the cont-oi OF
rccr talked frankly about the dttatis'
expressing the opinion ina, the snoot
was not shown that Svctltzsky was
aware OF the contents of tho letter.
SvctlitzSky however, was an important
person in PetroSrad close 10 Trotzky.
our American party brought Gurancs
co. the lirst secretary of the touma-
nian delegation. out OF Finland tnrouGn
the lines with us. lie had been IN ked
FINLAND seven weeks. Behind us at
Bjorneburg we left several families of
Roumanians who had depsrted ron
would have liked to have brought them
through the lines of the two armies.
but our venture was too desperate 10
hermit unauthorized additions TO the
party.
is: Execute" initiated "ch." the sign
nanuai OF Chichcrin. the returned eN-
lie from England. At that time Assis-
tant Minister OF Foreign Affairs. now
Minister OF Foreign Affairs.
Have photograph of letter
Letter from Joffe AT Brest Litovsk
carrying General Hohman's order
through Trotzky TO incitc agitation
against the Roumanian army. and to
arrest Diamandi. the Roumanian min
ister Photograph OF this letter was
sent to State Department,
CONFIDENTtAI..
mo. III, Affair of Peacc Deleg. to
report l. ursen1 Rrest sInitiaIs9iI i,,nssk
Comr. Shitkovitcb: Take copies and
send TO the Comiss for Foreign Affairs,
personally to Comr. Zalkind.
saries: Comrade l.. D. Trotzky has
charged me TO bring to the knowledge
OF the Council Of National Commits
saries the motives for his telegraphic
proposal to arrest the Roumanian dip
! Gen. HOFFMAN. referred to tho con.
ference which had taken place in Brest-