The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-21


rot hear of i. Document - tells OF
the robbery.
Have original Letter, No. 2e.
Documen No. %.
(Commisar on combating the coun- I
ter revolution and progroms, No
II, Petrograd. Feb. 14.)
Specially Secret-Persona1.
To the Peoples Commissar on For.
eign Affairs:
Our agents investigating the
Italian embassy. I. f. Maerov,
Imenitski, and Troy followed up
the ambassador and conducted a!
search of him in the street, With
confiscation Documents regarding
relations with German diplomats and
the special papers Of the ambassador
to the allied ambassadors mentioned
by you, were not found. In order to
mask the attack several articles list
ed in the protocol furnished by Com
rade Imenitski We're taken from the
ambassador.
The watch on the British and
American ambassadors and the Ser
bian minister has been intensified.
The supplementary point on the
British embassy has been established
in the Marble Palace-Lieutenant
Ecker and a member of the central
executive committee OF the council OF
workmen's and soldiers deputies
Frunze.
On the French embassy, on the
French Quay. house No. s. Comrad4
Peters, member Of the central execu-
tive committee OF the council, etc.
On the North American em bassJ
observation has been established a:
Fuhrstatskaya Street, house NO. 23S,
apartments Nos and I. In the lat
ter Comrades Goldberg and SpitZ-
berg carrying on the observation very
successfully Telephones have been
installed in the above mentioned
places. General management OF the
surveillance has been intrusted tn Al
fred Won Geigendorf.-
Mitopoyich; for Secretary r. Baetskj.
Note-The marginal comment by
Trctzky's secretary, Markin, is "Foi-
low up Most Of the names in this
latter, including the signatures at
end. are unfamiliar. Peters, placed
in charge OF French observation, is a
Lettish s,sailor, active and able,
former resident OF England. The rob-
berry of the Italian ambassador took
place. late in the evening on y lighted
frequented central street and was a
days sensation. The observation
point .sn the American embassy was
a yelloW apartment house almost op-
posite the. entrance. After I got this
information I tested the watch and
always saw head or hand retreating
from asWindow. But l doubt if the
watchers profited much by studying
The visitors to the embassy ......,t.
: Have photograph Of letter.,,t:s..
pocunens No. IS.
(Gr. (Great) General Staff, Central
Abtheilung Section NJ, No. 369.
Feb. %
- (Confidentia})
To the Commissar Of Foreign Affairs:
According to instructions Of th-'
imperial. government, I have the hon
or to ask you to provide in the
shortest possible time list showing
what commercial boats, auxiliary
cruisers, and transports may be sent
to the waters of the Pacific Ocean,
where the German government in
tends to form for the purpose of op-
posing the American-Japanese trade.
q powerful commercial fleet lying the
Russian fag.
At the SAME time I call your at
tention to the data that in your Bal
tic fleet Your sailors are selling from
the war ships the launches, small
fittings. copper, and bronze parts OF
machines. ETC. Would it not be the
proper time to raise the question Of
selling to Germany these war vessels
which are being stripped and disarm-
ed?
Please communicate the decision
of the governmen Head Of the
Russian Section Of the German Gen
eral Staff, o. Rausch; Adjutant, U.
Wolff.
Note-Opposite first paragraph is
|. notation ASK Lomaf Markin."
T Latter was one Of TrotZky's secre-
taries. Opposite paragraph second
Mar:iin makes notation Refer to
Hask olnikof." Latter is q commits
sar on naval general staff who con-
Quoted con ference with German Off,
GERS in krOnstadt in March, April
and July, 1917. and an active aid to
Dybenko in stirring up the Russian
fleet to revolt. Do not know who
Lomaf is. The imp >rtance of the
first paragraph as indicating the use
against America to which Germany
intends to put Russia is Self-e1 'ept.
The ludicrouS picture painted
second paragraph at once intensifies
the shame OF tnc ending Of the fine
new Russian navy and discloses the
German hope of securing and refit-
ting the vessels.
Have original letter.