Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-10
Documents Prove That Le1ine and
1rotzky Are Paid German Agents;
Evidence Tells Story of Perfidio US Comrades, Who Betrayed
Russia to Che Huns end Delivered Underhanded
BLOWS tn Allies at Teuton Dictston.

German iinperis! pal,N TO the poishesist
coin1nissar Of foreign affairs. 1t is
marked Every sgsrct.
Dated January ., iaiS. 1t says: IN
formation has !cday been received by
me from Ston.holni that 0,ooo, 600
'uh!es of gold nave been transferred to
he put al the disposal Of the peoples
commission whici. is the title Of tho
~bnlshcNist leaders. 'iilis credit the
letter continues. "haa been supplied to
ric Russian government in order to
cover The cost or The keen OF the Ped
Guards, ithc bolsilevist revolutionary
troopsl. ana a~gitators In the country.
tue imperial German government con-
3iders it appro PIRATE tn remind the So
Wet OF peoples conaDlissars OF the nee
cssity OF increasing propaganda III the
country as the an~tagonistic attitude oi
tho south Of Russia n Siberia 10 the
existing iItussia) government is
troubling the German government"
-Four DAYS later the same president
or the German Imperial Bank sent am
othor 100000 rub!e5 to the same adj
dress 10 provide for the sending of n
Russian revolutionary leader to Vladi-
Vostck to fce possession Of the "Jana-
nese and American war materials" ct
that port and, If necessary. to destroy
Them. A Photograph OF his letter is
given as document NO. g. There were
earlier payments, but profably- none
later than these. None was necessary.
by this time the loot of an empire lay
open To the bolshcvists and the Ger
mans.
Most Significant Of all are two pho
tographs OF further communications
from the German Imperial Bank. One
rs a letter addressed to the chairman of
the council @ peoples commissars and
the other is the resolution OF confer
of representatives of the German
CG1nI1 arht41 haJlcc V,nNntynN IN thu
chairman of the bolshevist central ex-
|ecutive omlnstte and Endorsed by him
In pen and ink. Together they give q
complete synopsis of the terms on
which Germany intends to have control
OF all Russian industries.
Tho Proposed Terms.
For five ears from the signing Of
peace. English. French, and American
capital and Russia IRE to be "banished"
industries: Coal. metallurgical. ma
chitle building. Oil. chemical and phar-
n~laceuticai." These industries are to
be developed under the control of n
supreme advisory organ consisting of
10 Russian specialists, 10 from German
industrial organizations and the Ger
man and Austrian banks" Germany
and hustrin are to "enjoy the unlimited
privilege OF sending mechanics and
qualified worlunen into Russia" "All
other foreign mechanics and Workmen
arc not to be allowed to enter at air
for five years after the conclusion of
aeace between Russia and Germany.
Private banks In Russia arise only with
n consent" of the Union of German
and Austrian banks. And so forth.
Ard this conspiracy between German
imperial capitalism and the
pretended<R Russian Reds is indorced by
q b~oisheyist leader, with the recon-
mnnd0tfnn TINT ~ shn,sy1 h. fabian
advisement." n the ground prepared
In the soviet of the worlSmen's and
soldiers deputies in case the council
OF peoples comnissars will not accedc
TO these requests"
Various details of the conspiracy be-
tween the bolsfcvist leaders and the
German general staff are exposed in
documents 16 to %. These are photo
graphs OF letters which passed between
The bcishevist leaders and the German
general staff. Of tho German Officers
in Russla. Document No. 81 shows
That on November 1. 1917. when Russia
wn. still regarded as an ally Of Great
Britain. France and America. the Ger.
man general staff was having the
honor to request" the bolslleyist lead
ers to inform IL "at the earliest possible
moment" concerning "tha quantity and
storage place OF the supplies that have
been received from America, England
n France. T. also the units which
orc Keeping guard over the stores"
Document IS shows the German gem
erai staff required the boishevist lead
ers 10 send "agitators to the camps of
the Russian prisoners of war in Ger
many" in order that there might be
procured spies to worl, among the En-
gAsh and French troops and to further
peace propaganda." And this Is pro-
poaed by the German general staff as
pe.ng according to the negotiations
between the Russian and German peace
delegations at Brest-Litoysk.
In document az the bolshevist lead
crs n the Germans are arranging to
send agents. agitators and agent de-
a.rIctors. out OF Vladivostok" to ports
colonies in eastern Asia"
IN 16 Trotzky is providing
FRAUDULENT passports for German officers
VINO aref going toFEngland, France and
Ameraca as snies and enemy agents.
Severa! or the letters are endorsed
|Cy AIOtxEy: Even standing alone, they
are complete proof that the holshevist
leaders, are ruling aa German aRents
IA Russia and obeying German orders
20 act against all Germany'ss enemies
"a even against Russia itself.
Moreover. these bolshevist leaders
acted 60 German agents by supervising
sneir. own socialist revolution in tho
Russian provinces where their doc
uines tnterferred with German plans
o. Annexation. Document g s Tho
letter from the PetroxpDd' de-.
EReftinent cf tho German gensf6l staff,
A~qoresaedstos tho b0lshevist commiS6ar
|pI 49Eelen A3feirs. Il reads: accord
Ing 70 instructions OF tho representa-
tivcs 81 our general staff. I have the
honor once more to insist that you re-
|0olt from Estland. LAVA and CORTLAND
all A8itators Of the central executive
|cOmmitteo Of tho soviet OF Wofkmonsa
and R0ldiAr1s AAnisf1na - Ard N AnNsn.