Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-03-21
RlLSHEV|k| CHIEFS
PAID BY THE KAISER
Lenine and Trotzky Said to Have
Received Large Sums.
HUN FINANCED RUSS REVOLT
Partisan Journal Names Persons,
Gives Amounts Paid and Dates in
Conspiracy AlIegation-Action
Preceded Revolution.

Paris, March 20.-The Petit Parisien,
an important Paris newspaper, makes
public what purpOrts to be q new
series Of remarkable secret German
documents obtained by Bernard Taft,
one Of its contributing editors, from a
member of the Maximalst government
in Russia.
Among them are a number of letters
directed by officials of the Deutsche
bank of Berlin and the Rhenish- West
phalia mine owners syndicate to CORE
spondents in Stockholm. Copenhagen
and elsewhere authorizing the payment
OF large sums of money to Lenine and
other revolutionary leaders for the
furtherance Of their movement.
On three orders alone no less than
Sill, 100 is alleged TO have been paid
TO Lenine. Trotzky is mentioned in
one of these letters as Conrad" Trot-
zky.
One letter, ostensibly signed by
Scheidemann, the German socialist
leader, forwarded $38,5OO, and men
tions the name of Maxim GOrky, the
Action Preceded Russ Revolution.
The documents from the Rhenish-
Westphalian syndicate would appear
to show that as early as March 2.
1917, two weeks prior to the outbreak
of the s.usSian revolution, the German
Imperial bank notified its agents in
Switzerland that all demands by Le-
nine, TrOtzky and other Russian pO-
litical refugees for money for the pur-
pose of revolutionary agitation in Rus
sia should be hOnored without comment
or question.
In communication addressed by
krich of the DeutSche bank to Furs-
tenberg at StockhOlm-the fiscal rep
resentative of Germany IN Sweden
we have the following document, which
was dated Geneva, June Is, 1917:
TO NJ. Furstenberg, at Stockholm:
"Sir-I request you to take note
that on demand of Mr.. Katz on the
Syndicates account a sum of S20Ot
francs ($16,000000) mas been handed
over for the publication of MaXimalist
socialist pamphlets. Please acknowl
edge by telegram to name of Decker
the arrival of pamphlets, together Will
the number and date of receipt.
(Signed) "KRICH,
"Deuts&he Bank"
Gorky Named In Letter.
In another letter signed by Herr
Scheidemann, socialist leader in the
German Reichstag, we read the follow
ing:
Berlin, August %, 1917.
ITO NJ Oldberg:
The desire expressed by you, base(
on your correspondence with Maxim
Gorky, responds entirely to the party
intentions. In agreement with the per
son you know, we place at your dis
poSal, through the Mia Banken NJ
FurStenberg, the sum of 10000 mark
(nominally $3S,5O0). Kindly let Vol
waerts know everything written b.
Maxim Gorky's journal in the sense o
the movement. Fraternal greetings.
(Signed) "SCHEIDEMANN."
Every one remembers how Lenin
returned from Switzerland to Russi
through Germany. in a train placed Il
his disposal by the kaiser, and hoy
suspicious deposits of money We're dis
covered in Russian banks under til
name of "FriendS of Lenine."
Here is alleged proof that Lenin
was Germany's paid agent. The "syI
dicate" mentioned in the following doc
ument is the syndicate of "Rhenisl
Westphalia Mine Owners" The neS
document reads:
4. Copenhagen, June Is, 1917.
ITO NJ Ruffer, at HelsingfOrs:
"Sir-I inform you hereby that o
order of the syndicate a sum of 315
600 marks (nominally $75,OOO), ha
been paid by the DiskOnto Gesellcha1
to the account of NJ. Lenine at krol
stadt. Kindly acknowledge to NJ.
Hansen < Co, 9S NilandSwey, Copper
hagen
(Signed) "SVENSON."
After LeMne and his party had bee
conducted through Germany, anoth,
S51, ,750 was handed to them on the
way to Petrograd,