The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-21
GERMANY ARRAMGES
FOR WAR CREDITS HERE
FUR her Proofs Of Direct Payments
Of Berlin Siush Fund to
I,enine III Ais.
WORLD WAR Is FOREC asst.
Documents Dated February, Eai4,
shows Germany In preparation for
Drive for World Domination Long
Before Allies Understood.

Washington. Sept 2o.-Evidence
that Germany wss making extensive
arrangements for the establishment
cf War. credits in the United States
and European countries at least five
months before the rest OF the world
knew st was TO be warred upon by
the central powers is disclosed in to-
DAYS dnal instalment ef documentary
proofs being made public by this gov.
espraent
sui further proofs Of direct pay
ments 20 Lenine and Trotzky out OF
The Berlin corruption chest are also
contained in toddY's chapter.
= document feseea sting he eefeHHg
world war Is dated February. 1914.
and Is sesded FROM all groups of
German banks ana by agreement with
The Austro- Hungarian government
These banks are officially advised
That The imperial government has
deemed IL te be of extreme necessity
10 ask them an agreement OF all in
stltutlons Of credit to establish with
all possible dispatch agencies In
Luleo, Haparanda and yarc7e. on the
frontier OF Finland. and in Bergen
and Amsterdam
Here is this reference to the banks
OF the United States;
Moreover. the arrangements of
banking institutions are urged en-
phatIcally 10 make provisions for very
close and absolutely secret relations
beng established with Finnish and
American banks"
The second document bearing upon
this subject Is dated June q. 1914.
from the German general staff to
miiIfatE attae hes and states that in
aj branches OF German hanks in
Sweden. Norway. Switzerland and the
United States special war credits have
been opened for subsidiary war re-
quirements. Then follows this re-
markable program Of destruction:
he general staff is authorizing you
70 avail yourselves of an unlimited
amount Of these credits for the de-
a. 4-'4+=t+ t-tt-uf ne enemies factories.
pants and the most important mil
itary and civil structures simulta-
neousiy with the instigation of strikes
n is necessary 10 make provision for
the damaging of motors. of mechan-
, iSlns with the destruction of vessels.
setting incerdlary fires to stacks OF
raw materials and finished products
deprivation of large towns Of their
electric enerhy. stocks of fuel and
provisions"
A later and even more startling
document bears date Of January Is
| 1915 and directs the bribins of anar.
| chlsts in the United States to carry
! on the work of destruction in thi,
/ country II is from the general star
| to the military attaches IN the United
| states and is signed General arm,
/ councillor. Or. Fischer" 1t is as fol
lows Enclosed you will find the cir
! cAlaF=, of November 2.4at4, -faEyet1
guidance and its appliea ton on the ter
! ritorS OF the United States In thi
/ connection your attention Is called t,
the possibility hiring dcstructtv
agents among members of anarchistt
Il organizations Payments to Lenin
and Trntzky are shown az early a
June, 1917. One note says that ais
ono marks have been transferred [
Mr. Lenine's account at kronstadt a
per order OF the syndicate" 1t wa
from kronstadt that I+enine and hi
| CO. conspirators conducted their opera
/ tons in the early summer of that yea
Another payment OF 2o7. 600 mark
AS per order Of Mr.. Lenine," is note
, in a later document making a total c
more than halt million marks PAL
to him individually w TO this period.