Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-17

to the public by the American
One of the documents, a terse'
note from the German general staff
to the Council of Peoples Commits
sars, discloses that as long ago as
November, 1917, when the Russian
regime still was regarded as an ally
of the nations at war with Germany,
the Germans were brusquely requir-
ing Lenine and Trotzky to furnish
information regarding the amounts
and places of storage of supplies re-
ceived by Russia from America,
England and France.
Early Moves Against Allies.
Others tell of the launching in
January and February this year of a
bolshevik peace and socialistic
propaganda against the United
States. England and France. at the
direction of the German intelligence
service. This was at the very time
that Scheidemann, the powerful
German socialist and world social
ism apostle was in communication
with his Russian brothers regard
ing the destruction of the traces of
the party's business relations with
the imperial government"
The intelligence service required
the bolsheviki to send to the allied
countries through neutral Europe
comrades" under assumed names
and with false neutral passports, to
preach their doctrine of disorgan-
ization and to carry on campaigns
of Counter revolution, sabotage,
looting, ETC."
Ambassador Assaulted.
Plans of the Germans for sending
three submarines, disassembled, by
rail overland to Vladivostok for
service on the Pacific are disclosed
in a communication OF the German
high seas feet general staff to the
cimmissars. Another of the naval
communications reveals scheme
conceived in January of employing
Russian ships on the Pacific under
the Russian flag to carry agitators
and agents Instructors" to the
United States. Japan and the Brit
ish colonies in eastern Asia.
Personal notes from the German
intelligence service to the commits
sars describe the assault upon and
robbery of the Italian ambassador
in the streets of Petrograd in Feb
ruary last, in a vain effort to get
possession of important papers be-
lieved to have been in the ambas-
sador's possession. Other notes
tell in detail OF the watch kept upon
the American and other allied en-
bassies.
Like the remainder OF the docu-
ments of the series, these made
public today, are accompanied by
notes explaining which are originals
and which Photographic copies, and
by explanatory comments by Edgar
Sisson, who obtained the corre-
spondence in Russia for the COM
mittee on public information.
Document No. 8.
Reichsbank No. .. January 8, 1879
Note-Members Of the red guard were
paid from IL to 16 roubles a day. whereas
soldiers were paid hardly that number of
kopecks. This letter shows where the
money came from. The bolshevik gov
eminent also required factory owners to
pay regular wages to their workers while
the latter served in the red guard. The
notation on letter indicates that 1t was
referred to Menshinski. the financial min
lister. whose expert councillor was the
German. Won Toll. Menshinski person.
ally conducted the wrecking Of the Rus
Sian banks. a maneuver that deprived all
opponents Of bolsheviksm Of their finan-
ciai means Of warfare. It was a classic
job Of destruction, done IN the name of
reconstruction.
Havs photograph this letter.
Very Secret.
To the Commissioner of Foreign
Affairs: Information has today been
received by me from Stockholm that
100000 roubles of gold has been
transferred to be put at the disposal
Of the representatives. of the peoples
commissars. This credit has been
supplied to the Russian government
in order to cover the cost of the keep
OF the red guards and agitators in
the country. The imperial govern
ment considers it appropriate to re-
mind the soviet Of peoples commits
sars OF the necessity of increasing
their propaganda in the country, as
the antagonistic attitude of the south
of Russia and Siberia to the existing
government is troubling the German
government. 1t is of great import
anee to send experienced men every
where in order to set up a uniform
government.-Representative of the
Imperial bank. Won Scharz