The Washington herald., 1918-09-20
RUSSIANS TO
LEARN FACTS
u. S. Plans Wide Publicity
of German-Bolshe-
vik Plot.

Germanys immaculate anu Dolu as
sumption of absolute dictatorship
over the Bolshevik regime. as soon
as the Lenine- Trotsky aggregation
seized the reins OF government at
Petrograd. is shown in yesterdays 5
chapter of evidence exposing the Ber'
hn-directed Russian conspiracy.
Photographs of order upon order Of
the German General Stan, the inso-
lent and peremptory tone of which
must have been humiliating even to
such hardened rascals as Lenine and
Trotsky proved to be, are presented
in the sixth installment OF official
disclosures being serially released by
the Committee on Public Information.
There is evidence, however, that a.
one period the crafty Bolsheyik
chiefs, smarting under the constant
and harsh dictation and discipline of
their master. actually sought to Gre
ate a real anti-German uprising in
Russia Their early-discovered plans
developed to the extent OF counte-
nancing open agitation and the dec
laration BY the authorities in some
quarters that the German landlords
were outlawed, followed by confsca-
tion ot property and cancellation OF
rirEts.
Rebellion Soon Ended.
A short sharp note from the Ger
IN staff demanding the instant
el3ase aud restoration OF the
rights Of the Germans put a COM
plete and sudden end to the incipi-
ent rebellion.
It became known yesterday that
arrangements for the simultaneous
publication Of the main facts Of the
present expose in neutral and ally
countries was made by Off falls here,
upon release Of the documents in
this country.
or course. the main effort will be
to get the facts directly into the
hands OF the Russian people them
pelves.
One Of the German STAFF orders
contained in yesterdays series COM
nands that the "witlSlraw ire; and
disarlning Of the Russian Red Guard
from Finland must be commenced
Immediately" 1t is dated February
IS. 1918. and bears the initials OF
one of Lenine's secretaries with this
Interesting endorsement at the bot
tom: Send to the Commissar Of
Foreign Affairs and execute"
Red Guards Deserted.
Thus is explained the withdrawal
of the Russian Red Guard from Fin
land in early March of this year and
the abandonment OF the Finland
Red Guard to its fate. Edgar Sis
son, the representative Of the Com
nittee on Public Information who
procured the discriminating data,
says that Ihile he was in Helsing-
fors in March the Red Guards and
the sailors were fighting each other
nightly with rifles and machine gun.
The order to hold all foreign en-
bassies in Red Finland was given at
lbout the same time, and Mr.. Sisson
dds that the Americans cornered
n Finland escaped only by persis-
cnce and good fortune The British
passed through the day before the or
embassies were obliged. after a month
II vain effort to return to Russia.
Another staff order states: by in
structions of the representatives. of our
staff. I have the honor to ask You to
i"ImCdiatcly recall from the Ckrania
front the agitatOTs. Bryanski, WuIf.
HTabllin and Pittsker. Their activity
7ss been recognized as dangerous by
be German general staff"
An assassination compact between
t1e BOlsheviks and a group OF no.
toriNus anarchists is shown by the
photograph of a note.
Corruption Fund Used.
Proof that Germany as early as the
irst and second years Of the war. by
liberal use of its corruption fund, had
recruited Finnish regiments and sent
them to Germany. is supplied by the
final document in yesterdays series.
The work was done with German
funds in Finland by a lawyer named
JONAH kastTen.
The concluding chapter of proofs
gathered by the United States gov
ernment will he made public today.
They will consist chiefly of circulars
Of the BoIshevik counter espionage"
giving still further details of the va
ried activities OF the Russian be-
trayers to further the German con-
spiracv.