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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-24
DOCUMENT NO, 9.
(Reichsbank No. 8, Jan. 10, 1918, Borlin)
Very Secret

CReichsbank NO. 3, Jan. L. 1918, Bcrlln0
Very Secret.
To the Commissar Of Foreign Affairs: am
instructed to convey the agreement of the I'M
periai bank to the issue of a credit Of 100000
roubes for the dispatch Of the assistant naval
commissar, KudriashofR, to the far east
On arrival at Vladivostok he should visit the
retired officer Of the Russian feet Mr.. Panof,
and instruct Buttenhoff and Staufacher who are
known to Panoff. to come to him. Both the
mentioned agents will bring with them Messrs.
Edward Shinder, William Keberlein and Paul
Diese Cor Deze) With these persons it is neces-
sary to think out plan for carrying out the
Japanese and American war materials from
vladivostok to the west. If this is not possible
then they must instruct Diese Cor Deze) and his
agents to destroy the stores. Shinder must
quaint Kudriashoff with the Chinese agents at
Nokolsk. These persons should receive the
agreed amounts and should be dispatched to
China to carry on agitation against Japan
President Of the Imperial Bank, Won Schanz.
Note.-If this plan was developed to climax
it was not by Kudriashoff. He was killed on his
passage through Siberia two or three weeks later
and it was reported that a great sum Of money
was taken from his body by his murderers, who
were said to be two Cossacks. Most Of the Ger
man agents named in this letter were still active
in Siberia in the spring, shown by Document
No. 20.
Have photograph of this letter.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-24
MACEDONIA AND PALESTINE.

What the entire allied world hopes will
some day happen to the German army on
the western front, now seems under way
in Macedonia and Palestine.
The difference between retreat and a
rout, between a defeat and disorganization,
can now be illustrated by the battles i'll
progress.
On the western front the Germans are
retreating and are being defeated.
In Macedonia and Palestine the Bulgars
and Turks are being routed and disorgan-
lied.
In France the allies push forward a mile
or two at a time In Macedonia and Pal
estine they make ten, fifteen or even TWEEN
ty-fve miles day.
In France there is desperate organized
resistance.
In Bulgaria and Palestine the organized
resistance is rapidly being overcome. In
Macedonia there still appears to be a pos
sibility of the Bulgarians and Germans
making a stand, but in Palestine, the Turks
who were not captured or dispersed into
leaderless bands, have been annihilated.
If these victories develop in proportion
to the results already attained, there should
be some very rapid and startling changes
in the war map The Turkish army which
was reported annihilated was one of three
armies in Asiatic Turkey, and probably the
largest of the three One other army is in
Mesoptamia and there is a force near the
Caspian sea. Nothing has been heard from
the Mesopotamian force for months, but
the victory in Palestine leaves the way
open for General Alenby to push north
with great rapidity and get behind the
Mesopotamian army or even the Caspian
army By cutting the Bagdad railroad the
British could leave the Mesopotamian
force without supplies and an even greater
disaster would face it. The victory along
the Jordan may permit all Of Asiatic Tur
key to be overrun by the British as rapidly
as the Germans overran conquered Russia.
The back door to Constantinople will be
open if the victory is as great as the first
dispatches lead one to believe.
In Macedonia, the possibilities are even
greater from a political standpoint though
the territory won may be of lesser extent.
If the Bulgarian army is as disorganized
as an advance of twenty-five miles in one
day by the Serbs would indicate, there
would seem to be no serious obstacle to
pushing rapidly into Bulgaria, recapturing
Serbia, cutting the Berlin to Constantinople
connection, giving aid to Rumania and even
Russia, and putting heart into the south
ern Slavs in Austria, already on the verge
of revolt.
Allied armies arc within 100 miles of
Sofa. In France that would be a tremen-
dous distance. If the Bulgarian disorgan-
ization is anything like what is indicated,
it is a week s march.
Beftre winter comes, Germany may be
fighting with her back to the wall and
with &c ally bat Austria and an Austria
torn with civil war and revolution. That
is the promise held ont by the victories
in Macedonia and Palestine. The next few
days should show whether the fate of Ger.
many allies has been called.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-24
THE TIMES RETRACTs.

"What happened to The Times?" was
the subject of some speculation in these
columns following it's editorial urging &C.
ceptance of Austria's peace offer.
The Forum took the view that The Times
was the Lord Landsdowne of America, and
other papers, including The Kansas City
Star, viewed it in the same light
It was inexplicable on any other grounds,
except temporary insanity.
But whatever the reason, The Times has
evidently heard from the country" 1t
retracts and explains in the following edi-
torial comment in its Thursday issue:
Some of our readers and good friends have
very evidently misunderstood recent editor
ial article published in these columns. If
there was in that article any warrant for the
impression that this newspaper has in the
slightest degree changed the attitude it has
consistently maintained from the beginning
Of the war we wish to disclaim absolutely any
purpose of that nature if such idea did
anywhere find lodgment, it should be dis
missed forthwith as contrary to every pur-
pose and policy in this war which The Times
has sustained and does sustain.
The Times regarded the Austrian proposal
"a a confession OF defeat, we construed it as
an offer to surrender. If we erred it was in
putting that construction upon the invitation
from Vienna, for that was the foundation of
our comment. 1t is very evident that Wash
ington did not accept that construction, the
country does not accept it. This lends con-
hrnation to what we said in the beginning of
this article, that the reputation of the Teu-
tonic powers is so bad that even when they
want to surrender the world believes they
are shamming. For this they can blame only
themselves and they must realize that fur
Their humiliations and more explicit terms OF
surrender will be demanded, with guarantees
Constituting the note as a surrender, we en-
tertaned the belief that the proposal might
be considered but only on the principle long
ago laid down by President Wilson, that the
result should make it everIastingly sure that
this agony must not be gone through with
araff' We declared that that was the
foundation principle"
That we should have been misunderstood
ia Il matter Of so great Importance lis regret
tafle and ne desire to remove the misunder-
sfanding by the uneuuiyocal declaration OF
enc Slrn belief we have always held that no
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-24
BRIEF SUMMARY OF
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES

Washington--The navy department
has been advised that Fl men OF the
American steamer Buena Ventura,
torpedoed off the coast of Spain, are
stiil unaccounted for.
Baltimore--Bishop C. w. Currier, OF
the Roman Catholic church, died on
a train on his way to this city.
fixing prices for raw cotton were taxi
en- in the naming Of two committees
to investigate conditions.
adelphia-secretary Daniels, in
a speech to ammunition workers, re-
affirmed the stand there will be no
compromise with Germany.
Washington 49, Local draft boards
have been instructed to list soecupA-
tions in which women can be as read
lily employed as men. Men who con
tinue to work in nop-essentiaI en-
pioyment will be branded as slaclsers
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peace should be made with our enemies save
on the principles laid down by President
Wilson. There can be no negotiated peace.
That is about as far along the line Of
abject apology as The Times can be ex-
pected to go and save few shreds of it's
pride. 1t is to be hoped that the retraction
will be spread as widely in Germany and
Austria as the original editorial. No harm
will then have been done, for the only
feeling it aroused in America was amaze
ment and bitter resentment.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-24
The Case Against the Bolsheviki
An Amazing Series of Official Documents, Pub.
IiBhed by the American Government, Prov
ing Lenine and Trotzky Were
German Agents.

The following documents show in detail how
the German government financed the Russian
Bolshevlk revolution through the German I'm
perial bank.
They show what rewards the German financial
the German support of the Bolshevikt And they
show how the Bolshevik leaders betrayed their
own followers and abandoned the preaching Of
their social revolution wherever the Germans orr
dered that it should be abandoned
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-24
WHAT MERE WORDS" HAVE DONE.

WHAT MERE WORDS" HAVE DONE.
Perhaps the greatest service President
Wilson has done the cause of the allies is
to make it articulate.
Thanks to President Wilson more than
to any other living nan, the allies are now
united in support Of definite set of war
aims.
This was emphasized last week when the
Intcr-Allied Labor conference adopted the
fourteen points outlined by President Will
son as their terms Of peace.
"Mere words" often are spoken of
slightingly. Yet President Wilson's con-
tribution to the allied cause was "mere
words. Those "mere, words" clarified
the allied cause; expressed it in form
which is unassailabIe; welded all the ma
tons into one harmonious whole; and unit
ed all parties in the allied nations. So
cialists, labor unions, employers, and just
everyday citizens, have all hailed President
Wilson's war aims as theirs.
Could any more convincing proof of their
justice be asked2 And could anything bet
ter prove the Importance of "mere words
than to watch fourteen paragraphs weld
the allied nations into one great partner
ship and set before them one definite OBJ
ject for the attainment of which they will
fight to the last man and the last dollar?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-24


Eugene v. Debs is the subject Of the folowin
comment in The Grand Forks Herald:
Eugene V. Debs has been convicted Of MAX
ing seditious uterances, and sentenced to ten
years In the federal penitentiary. Debs has
for years been one Of the recognized leaders
Of the Socialist party, has been its candidate
for president, and has acted as It's spokes-
man on many occasions. The evidence sub
nlited at his trial clearly established his
guilt, and in fact 1t was not disputed by the
prisoner himself. The news Of the trial, con-
viction and sentence may furnish food for
thought for some Of his followers who have
been inclined to consider lightly attacks on
the American government and interference
with its operation. L.
In a certain sense the position OF Debs is
one Of greater dignity than that of some
others Of his group, and he Is entitled TO more
respect than they. He said what he wanted
to say He spoke what was undoubtedly in
his mind And he took nothing back. Hav-
ing taken his position he did not seek to per-
jure himself out Of 1t, and while, in common
with his kind, he sought through the forms
of law to escape punishment for the viola
ton Of law, he did not follow the contempt
ible course which some others have followed
Of denying his own uterances, and he did not
seek, by qubbing over the meaning Of words,
to have a false Interpretation placed on
what he had said He spoke his piece, reit-
Grated his position in court and before all
the world, and let it go at that.
He will go, properly and justly, to the pert
Tertiary. where he ought to be accompanied
by a number Of other men who have spoken
as vilely as he has done, but who have lodged
and backed and filed and sneaked and lied
until they have slipped through the meshes
of the net.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-24
THE "INTELLECTUALS" STRIPPED
RARE

One result Of the exposure Of the deal
ings between the Germans and Bolshevil1i,
has been to expose to public scorn, the ar
guments of our American intellectuals'
self-styled.
The High Preistess of the Order Of In
tellectual Snobbery since this war began
has been the New Republic. It has had
less respectable sisters like The Masses.
now suspended by government request
but none has been more frank in it's admir-
alton of the Russian Bolshevik party.
These Intellectuals have been about the
only persons in America, except the most
illiterate Of immigrants, whom the Ger
mans have been able to fool with their &C.
tivities in Russia. r.j
The desire on the part Of our intellectual
snobs to hold opinions different from the
average citizen, has ben one Of the most
difficult problems connected with uniting
the nation behind the war. Any opinion,
so long as it doesn't conform to the nor
nal trend Of public opinion, is welcomed.
They would rather be wrong than to be
age to be thought average. Ordinary
old fashioned virtues are not sufficient for
them. They lack the intelligence or the
creative power to think out new policies
for themselves, but they chase each new
idea that appears on the horizon. Novelty
is sufficient recommendation, and the only
merit the idea requires to satisfy them.
But our Intellectuals who sympathize
with the Bolsheviki as the leaders in a new
form of perfect democracy, will have lot
of explaining to do. It may be too much
to hope that the experience will reveal to
them the value of such old fashioned vir-
tues as honesty courage and loyalty.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-09-24
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted TO The Task OF Keep.
ing UP With North Dakota Editors

The New Rockford Transcript shames Dave
Larin of The Parshall Leader in the following
manner:
THE Parshau Leader intirnates that it
is all right for the Nonpartisans of Mime
sofa to Join in with the liquor interests in
order to defeat Burnquist for governor at
the November election, and cites the Re
puhicans of this state who have decided to
affiliate with the Democrats for the purpose
Of defeating Frazier. In spite of the many
'unpleasantnesses' The Transcript editor has
had with the Democrats Of North Dakota
in political campaigns in the past, don't
hate them with hate which would cause
to class them with the low brows handling
the liquor interests and think Dave Larin
should be thoroughly ashamed Of himself
even If he is a Nonpartisan."
The Parshall Leader delivers this parting kict
at La, Toilette:
People from Wisconsin are all agreed La
Toilette will not again be heard of politically
after his present senatorial term has expired.
We are of those who once thought LaeF'ollette
a great man, up to the time he aligned him
self with the standpatters at Chicago
against Roosevelt, proving conclusiyely that
an bottom LaFollette is all self and nothing
but an ambitious climber. His war record
further exposed him in the deplicable role of
a trucker to the German vote in Wisconsin
having In mind 1t could be counted on to ait
all times return him to his senatorial posi-
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ton. In view Of these events we even doubt
his sincerity, past or present, in the cause OF
the people~-it would appear as a mere pose
retirement to obscurty will serve to re-
habiitate Wisconsin In the esteem Of her
sister states. @#
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-21
rHE PR1NCE Is GUN SHY.

Reports from Flanders say that the German
crown prince has shown great interest IN the
long-range gun which has been bombardlng
Paris from the safe distance of sixty or seventy
miles and that his imperial highness has per-
sonally fired several shots from the weapon.
This is easily to be believed. Frederick Will
liam has had his try at the French at close
Quarters at Verdun; and as result OF these ex-
periences one can readily see that he is now will
ing to take his shots at them from the safer DIS
lance which the new weapon provides.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-21
The duty of the American people is more
play as well as more prayer.-Dr. Kellogg.
COUNCILS OF PERFECTION.

It is sometimes apparent that reformers are
more concerned with the worth OF their reforms
than with the welfare Of those whom these
measures affect. In the same way they are
prone to dwell more upon the beauty OF the
project than upon what it offers to help the rest
of us. Specialists are closely allied to reforms
and ideals, and to considerable extent just
now we are in the grip of specialists. We must
be content, since special knowledge and ability
are what are needed to pull any community out
of its rut of self satisfaction in contemplation
Of things as they are. Perfection is no small
matter; but it runs sometimes to small matters.
We should welcome perfection. We need our
reformers and specialists in the art of making
other people behave, but our reformers and
specialists need at times to consider loosening
their grip in the interest of practicabiity.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-21
MAKE PLANS FOR
MEMORIAL DAY
Van Buren, County Service Flag viii
Be unfurIed During Appro-
pirate Services for
the Dead.
BONAPARTE,

BONAPARTE, May 90 Great
preparations are being made for the
observance of Memorial day. May 80
for Keosauqua and Van Buren county.
this year. Besides the usual patriotic
exercises and decoration Of the graves
OF deceased soldiers of the civil war,
a. large county service flag. emblem
attic Of the boys who have gone from
Van Buren, county, in both army and
navy, to fight in the present war for
the preservation of democracy, will be
unfuried and presented to the county
board OF supervisors. who will be the
of this banner. This event
will bring hundreds of people from all
over the county to Keosauqua, and the
day will be one long to be remembered
by the people of the county, whose
friends, sons, brothers and husbands
are in the service. The following pro-
gram has been submitted by the COM
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-21
WHY THEY LOVE THE S. A.

Chicago Tribune: The acid test
OF any service done for our soldiers
in France is the value the men them
selves place upon it. No matter how
excellent our intentions, We cannot
be satisfied with the result If the
soldiers are not satisfied Without
suggesting any invidious distinctions
among organizations that are work
ing at the front, it is nevertheless
a pleasure to record that the Saliva
ton Army stands very high in the
regard Of American soldiers.
The evidence of the Salvation
Army's excellent work comes from
many sources. One typical tribute is
printed as an editorial in the Stars
and Stripes, paper published by the
soldiers, and its evident sincerity
makes it worth quoting:
We'll, we are all homeless over
here, and every American soldier will
! take back with him new affection
and a new respect for the Salvation
Army. Many will carry with them
the memories of cheering word and
a friendly cruller received in one of
the huts nearest of all to the
trenches. There the old slogan Of
soup and salvation has given way to
pies and piety.' 1t might be dough
nuts for doughboys.'
These huts, pitched within the
shock OF German guns, are ram
shackle, and bare, and few. for TO
organization can grow rich On the
pennies and nickels that are tossed
into tambourines at the street corn
ers of the world But they are do
ing work that soldiers themselves
will never forget, and it is an espec-
ial pleasure to say so here, because
the Salvation Army, being much too
simple and old fashioned to know
the uses of advertisement, has never
asked us to-"
These words are significant not
only because they are an encomium
of the work of the Salvation Army
the key to the success Of that work.
The Salvation Army huts are the
nearest huts to the firing line; there,
within the shock Of German guns.
the Salvation Army girls serve our
boys with coffee, and crullers and
doughnuts. And it Is all done in the
simple and old fashioned way which
Is characteristic OF the Salvation
Army
In the matter of funds, the Saliva
ton Army seems to have been the
Cinderella among relief organizations.
Just now the army is trying to raise
100000 in Chicago, and too little
attention is being paid to that effort.
General Pershfng cables his approval
to Commissioner Estill, and the fact
is hardly noticed.
Well. it ought not to require a
great advertising campaign to raise
the money if the people come to real
ize how the soldiers feel about the
work the Salvation Army is doing
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-21
This space contributed to the Red Cross by
S. HAMILL CO.

school, second place. and Thomas
Channel, an eighth grade pupil IN
the Van Buren, township rural school
No. 8, was given third place. The
papers were sent to Des MOineS,
where they will be graded by judges
in the state contest, and II the essay
of Mr.. ScheyH should be selected as
the best in the state, Mr.. Morris OF
Stockport will have the honor OF rep
resenting the county at the state
fair.
Several men employed by the Ma
tional Pickle and Canning Co. were
here a few days ago. loading tho re-
mainder of the pickles that were IN
the vats at their station here. Tor
shipment They were also getting
everything in shape here TO handle
the 1918 crop OF pickles from this
vicinity. A large acreage OF pickles
will be planted this yHar. as have
been for the past severl seasons A
good many people around here have
made quite nice lot OF money nom
a patch of pickles for the past sever
al years.
A lot of visitors attended the DO
mestic science exhibition 1t the
school building last Friday afternoon.
A nice display OF the work done BY
the pupils Of the schools during the
past term was on exhibition and at
the end OF the inspection, refresh
ments were served.
Mrs. Nellie Jewell returned the lat
ter part of last week from Center
VILE, where she had been In attend
ance at the P. q. o. state conven-
ton, being a delegate from Bona
parte chsDter A B. P. E o.
Mrs 8. Cox visited with her son.
NJ. d. Coz and family In Mt Non. last
Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Pilot and Mrs. VIM.
Carruthers OF Pittsburgh. visited
with Bona7srte friends tho latter
part Of last week
The drive to secure funds with
which to carry on the war work OF
the American Red Cross was ina1lg-
urated Monday OF this week. The
work in Van Buren, county will be
carried on under the direction OF the
splendid Red Cross organization. R.
r. McBeth, chairman Of the Van
Buren, county chapter. has his forces
well organized for the drive, and j.
Henry Stretching. publicity chairman.
will have full page display announce
ments in all papers OF the county
this week. II every person in the
county does his or her part IN con-
tributing to this work, the giving
will work a hardship on no one.
The county quota figures out a per
capita assessment Of less than one
dollar a person There are thirteen
branch chapters in the county and
one person in each chapter has been