The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-18

! They show, in short, mat the presen
( Bolshevik govern. mt is not Rus
sian governmen- at all, but German
govern,ner+ letting solely in the in
terests OF Germany and bctraying thu
Russian people. as it betrays Rus
sias natural allies for the benefit Of
the imperial German government
alone
And they show also that the Bol.
shevik leaders, for the same German
imperial ends, have equally betrayed
the working classes Of Russia whom
they pretend to represent.
The documents are some 70 II
number. Many are originals, an
notated by Bolshevik officials. The
balance of the others are photo
graphs of originals, showing annota-
tions. And they corroborate third
set of typewriter circulars (see ap-
pendix later) Of which only two orig
inals are possessed but all Of which
fit perfectly into the whole pattern
of German intrigue and German
guilt
The first document is a photograph
Of a report made to the Bolshevik
leaders by two of their assistants, in
forming them that IN accordance with
their Instructions, there had been re-
moved from the archives of the Rus
sian ministry of justice. the order OF
the German Imperial Bank allowing
money to Comrades Lenine, TrotZky
and others for the propaganda OF
peace in Russia" and that at this
same time 'all the books" of a. bank
in Stockholm had been audited" to
conceal the payment of money to
LeniDe, Trotzky and their associates
by order of the German Imperial
Bank. ~
This report is indorsed by Lenine.
with his initials, for deposit in 'the
secret department" of the Bolshevik
files. And the authenticity of the
report is supported by document No
2, which is the original of a re
port sent by German general staff
representative to the Bolshevlk
leaders, warning them that he lhad
just arrested an agent who had i,
his possession the original order O
the German Imperial Bank referred
to- in document No. L. and pointing
out that evidently "at the proper time
steps were not taken to destroy tn,
above mentioned documents"
Document No. is the origina
protocol signed by several Bolshe-
vik leaders and dated November/2
1917, showing that ION instruction
of the representatives of the Germal
general staff in Petrograd" and witt
the consent of the council of people:
comn1issars, I of which Trotzky ranc
Lenine were the heads, two incrimi
mating German circulars had als>
been taken from the department
secret service of the Petrograd dis
trict" and given to the secret servic:
department of the German genera
staff in Petrograd. On the bottom
of the protocol the German adjutan
acknowledges receipt Of the two in
eliminating circulars with his cipher
signature. And to" complete the evi
dence the circulars are themselve
penciled with the cipher signature
the head of the German secret hu
reau.
XThese two circulars apparently haG
been obtained by some Russian agen
in Germany and transmitted to Rus
sia. The German.general staff evi
dently wished to getthem back in or
der to destroy them. By the order
the German general staff and witt
the consent Of Lenine and Trotzkt
they are turned over to the German;
to be destroyed. Why? Becaus
they are conclusive proof that o.
June 9, 1914, the German govern
ment was preparing for war, severa
weeks before the assassination OF tn
Austrian archduke. which was mad
the pretext for war.
One circular is--an order from tn
German general staff, dated June
1914, informing all industrial con
Germs in Germany 20 open the seal
ed envelopes containing their I'm
dustrial mobilization plans and reg
istration forms,' SO that they might
be, prepared for the war for which
the excuse had not yet been found.
The second circular is an order
from the German staff Of the hlg4
sea fleet, dated November %, 1911
calling for the mobilization Of al
destructive agents and observers" /,
the United States and Canada for tn,
purpose of preventing the sailings
ships from American ports to Rus
sia. France and England. The order
calls for explosions, strikes, delays
ENVIRONMENTS and. difficulties, and i.
recommends the employment Of "an
archists and escaped criminals fol
the purpose.
1t is these damning proofs of ::
German conspiracy against the ma
tions of Europe in June, 1914 ana
AGAINST the United States in Novem-
Ger. 1914-it is these that Lenine and
Trotzky surrendered to the German
secret service in Petrograd on orde;
of ''the representative OF the Ger
man general staff in Petrograd.''
And they surrender them in cor
formity with a working agreement
between the Bolshevik leaders and
the German general staff' Of which
agreement photograph is included
in the series as document No 5.