Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-01
THE NEW POWER IN THE UKRAINE
By Gideon Hoe of The visiIantes

portant part of the German spy sys- tenn, whose activities were classified under various heads; military, naval, diplomatic. commercial, and agents proXacateurs. In the offices of Balm and Heinecken nearly every plot TOT German expansion has been matched.
 Many of the different patriotic na- tional religious and commercial so- cieties, naval lea agues, leagues of truth, bowling clubs, singing societies, etc, throughout Galacia, Bukowfna ana European Russia have been secret ofn- ces of the German steamship com panies where propaganda was carried on under the protection or natlonal law with the intention to influence law makers and rulers.
 "An important factor in the league [ of these societies were the many Aus trian Army officers who have been sta toned in the border towns of GaIlela and the Bukowina. The greater part of Austrian army officers are bur dened with heavy debts. Many Of the ] garriSons situated on the borders of Austria and Russia have been Staf- garnisonen" (punishment garrlsons) where officers whose pay has been con- fscated have been sent. Therefore it ] is not surprising that they have been easily influenced by the sound of gold. They have secretly acted as agents for l the German steamship companies. l These army officers as well as officials of the Austrian Government, pro- fessors, school teachers, etc, worked and intrigued together wherever they could"
 The activities of these devotees and
 servants ofNKaiserism have been many
 and varied, but always with the one | end in view
 Tt was the task of these votaries to prepare calmly and methodically the population for any plan matched in the war ministry, to influence and Slacken any vigilance directed against German interests. to safeguard German monop- plies in foreign countries, to sign 'Au- thoritative Opinions when needed.
 Their activities included-to start and maintain the necessary crusade when ever required by their paymaSters, to
 arouse enthusiasm for war in one icountry, to preach peace and good faith
 in another, to weave new intrigues, to place interpolation in foreign parlia- lments, to see to publications of memo randums, to address applications and petitions to the Authorities to invest
 slanderous and malicious tales, "a cir culate and hold discussions in public to foster strikes, to Irf1ame through . publications and newspapers the public
 
 , bamboozled the public in a direction desired, placing a perpetual screen be- , fore the people and reality"
 It is interesting to note in connection f with Germany's vail for freedom O. the seas, that since German confedera.
 ton no foreign vessels have been ad. rnitted to German ports except under : Vexatious restrictions, and that Ger. man steamship companies have al ways prevented the working of othel , lines in continental Europe, so far a! : they could Third class passengers for instance, were not allowed to pas
 through Germany if they wished tt
 sail by non- German lines
 II One of the favorite plans of German iZing European countries is simply t make life unbearable for non- German races under German rule, to force then | 1 to emigrate, and then to plant German
 colonists in their abandoned provinces
 Besides the twenty eight million l Ukranians in Russia there are som
 four million Ukranians living unde g Austrian rule, where they are knowl t as Ruthenians.
 e with the help of the Austrian Gov g ernment, German settlers have pene [ trated to the different Slav provinces t and 25O,000 German peasants reside il e Gallcla. This colonization has beel J, 1 carried on for years nethodically an, 6 noiselessly. German coloniSts are nov g firmly established as far east as Bosnia = Iwhere there are 54 different German S colonies. German settlers receive
 from the Government in Bosnia land : almost free, loans without interest t gratuitous seed and wood, and sub f sidies for building houses Thes i facts are known to but few even il t Austria, although this colonization al
 ways had very important politica
 significance The settling of German O in Hungary where they are known a S "Schwabs," was started by Empres $ Maria Theresa in 1764. She sent 40. e 900 German peasants to Hungary. col = lonizing them near the Rumanian bor V ders. Today these settlers in Hungar e increased to almost one million" e The many thousand Ruthenians i IS Cana and the United States, fro1 d the v;nces of Austria, are who'll
 in )athv with the Allies and en 1t tir mancipated from any allegianc IS to former German tyrants. Ths a tho ellow- -slavsin the Ukraine hay V any zZmpathy with the Kaiser and hi e methods is not to be believed. As n matt of fact the President of tn
 New 'epublic Of Ukraine, Micha. Is Krushevsky. of Lemburg, was a mem e Der of the German General Staff