The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-16
GERMAN PERF|OY


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government Is troubling the German
government
II L. known nj Washington that
mcnffser~ of the Red Guards were
paid from twelve to sixteen rouhIes
a day, whereas the Russian soidiery
were paid hardly that number of
kopecS. The Doishcvih government
also required factory owners 10 pay
regular wages To their, workers ~lo
served In the Red Guard. The OK
ceSses and crimes IN ~DSequenuy COM
n1itted by these tribcd nssassfns and
piunderers arc now matters o. history.
To Destroy Munitions.
The letter providing the money TO
insure the seizure. or destruction of
the munItion stores "a N~ladiVosIoks,
bears a Berlin date line OF January u,
tl4ts, and the first paragraph says.
I am instructed TO conveny the
agreement of the i'm erial bank to the
issue OF a credit Of five million roubles
for the dispatch Of the assistant naval
Icomnissary, kudriashof, 20 the Far
East
Instructions arc then given AZ to
how to proceed with the task Of Sc
curing or destroying the allies rich
stores. The concluding paragraph of
1.-THE letter contains the interesting
order that the German agents and
lSpies to he employed in the undertak
ing should receive the agreed
aHlounts and then proceed to China
to carry on an agitation against
Japan,
There ppears to have been an un~
fereseen and tragic climax to the mis-
sion Of kudriashoff, the B~olshevlk
naval officer who headed the pro-
posed wreckins expedition. He was
tkiiled in his passage through Siberia
two or three weeks later. and 1t was
reported that a greet SUM Of money
was taken from his body by his mur~
derers. who. ii is thought were two
iCossaeks, The above appear to have
been the last payments directly out
of Germany's huge corruption fund,
iaGthounE as shown by yesterdays DIS
lClosurcs, Lenine and Trotzky were
given practically unlimited financial
support IN the early stages Of their
3"E9ade in Germany revolution OF
course. once they had seized the reins
Of Government atIetrograd they were
able to plumber and devastate at VIII.
Germany Takes Command.
II was at this point that Germany,
Through lis general staff, it's bankers
land industrial capitalists stepped in
ard demanded the complete domina-
ton ~ The new regime as its reward.
AS already shown, the general staff
took complete charge of The Russian
secret service. insisted upon direct
supervision and control of all military
movements. put Germans in the high
est positions Of authority and insoleut-
ly insisted upon the election Of Berlin
}favorites to evil officers.
I. The United States government
shows in today's instalnlent Of evil
ldence that The German Imperial bank
then prompLlYserHpd net+ee-HPeE-the
Bolshevik chiefs, that Germany would
take full charge of RuSsia's internal
affairs and control her economic flu
ture. The terms Of Germany's price
are contained in TWO letters from the
Imperial bank. one addressed to the
chairman of the peoples ommissares
and the other a resolution OF con-
terence Of representatives Of the Ger
man Commercial banks" both being
received by Lenine. the supposedly
arch enemy of capitalists.
Photographic copies OF both docu-
ments were Obtained by this govern
tment Together, these gave a COM
plete synopsis OF the terms upon which
Germany intends to control Russla's
future. They bear date of December
Is, 19fT and January IL. 1918. re-
specuvely. Among others. the follow
ing conditions arc insisted upon:
No American Capital. -
1. .TThere are bantshed and for
Ave years from signing peace are
not to he allowed English. French
and American capital in the fol-
lowing Industries. Coal. metailur-
xfcaI, machine building. oil. chemi-
cal and pharmaceutical
- ain the question of develop
ment of Russian coal. oil and
Mammalian 90 t~HuHN
there In TO he established q supreme
advisory organization consi~ting OF
ten Russian specialists, ten from
the Cerman Industrial ~orgnnixn-
tions and the German and Ans
trian banks.
=. "Gevrnany and Austria to enjoy
the uniin,tted privilege OF sending
into Russia mechanics and quail
fed ~,vorkmen- =
4. .Oth<r foreign mechanics and
~~orknen during five years after
the conclusion Of peace not to be
allowed TO enter at all.
.. @Private banks in Russia arise
only with the consent and accord
ing 10 the plan of the union OF
German and Austrian banks, where
by the rating of the stocks OF the
hanks en- all exchanges Of the new
and old world will he handled by
the group Of the D~utches tanks"
The above are all exact quotations.
and represent only a few OF the condi
. tons. Russia is also warned not II
l interfere with the transfer to the bene
! At of Germany of the two trnportan
mining districts Of Poland % hrosk,
] and otkiShky.
0 Original documents are also present
" al and -sis-eoH-
. federates betrayed their own follower
and abandoned the preaching of thel
social doctrines whenever and whereve,
I ordered 10 do 50 by the Germans. The!
4 present & striking picture OF hame
I less perfdy4