Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-18
STARTLING STORY
Of HUN DUPL|C|TY
OF Betrayal of Russian
People.
PROGRAM OF ASSASSINATION
German Secret Service Com
planned Because Russian Gen
erals Were Not Removed"
PROGRAM OF ASSASSINATION
IRy Associa,cd rrn.sl

ny Associated rrcss.l
WASH iNiToN. September liter
man trichcry in breaking the Ukraine
away from inc bouGnt-aud- pa id Tor
Eolshevik government, plots against
loyal Russian soldiers and their leaders
TO insure complete German sway after
the false peace conference at i;rcst
Liiovsk, and further evidence Of the
precautionS oi The Teuions against
ranks. arc shown in to-days s. install
mcnt Of secret documents from Russia
made public 10y the United states gov
ernmcnt.
declare that the EoiSh.vik were full,
informed OF what the Germans were
doing ia the Ukraine. and knew tha,
peace treaties with the Ukraine and
,.oumahia were coming. They also
learned quickly enough that Gcrmany
vas diSposing OF their hopes TO sec
.neir @ rcSolutionary propaganda take
Notes from the German intelligence
service u TroNky. the conmissar of
foreign affairs. show first that a Turk
with Russian passport was sent TO
i'curoErad to keep watch over the Rus
sian conlmandcr- -chicf. and that a
no;ai OF nc commander in chief. Cen
cral Bonch Brucvick. was demanded
ErucHick, whose continuance in the po-
>liion was particularly no longer de-
Siraclc to the Germans, was turned
out. aud General Parski named by, the
German Intelligence service. was an
q
trct.
CARRIED on PROGRAM
OF ASSASSINATION
Another note from the intelligence
service complains that the agents sent
to Kill Generals kalcdin. BoEaevsky
and Alcxieh. we're cowardiy. nomcnier
priSinS people" This same document
,h"Ws ,hs mat as long ago as December.
i:l'. former German prisoners of war
were being dressed in Russian uniforms
TO night loyal Russian soldiers
The Significance the documents arc
discussed in notes by Edgar S.sson,
sia for tho COMMITTEES on public infor-
nation. Mr.. Sisson says:
Germany made i,s Russian peace
with It's own puppet government, the
missars. the president of which is
Vladimir Ulianov u-cninc), the foreign
IN mister OF h.ch vas Leon Trotzky.
many is 4. ,offe. Germany made this
peace harder upon the Russian people
as punishment TO the ambition OF its
and IN hoping for i lit while not only
that Russia would be delivered over TO
hem. but that they could doublc-cross
their masters by turning "A simulated
German revolution into u real one.
"But their craftiness was a toy in the
lands OF rough German force Ger
many was actually double
them by negotiating with the Ukrainian
Eada at the moment they dreamed they
were trickins Germany
DOT BLI:-CROSSED THEIR
OWN TOOLS VERY NEATLY
Germany, however. did not discard
ic i.o.sheVih leaders, recognizing their
aiih|r use IN the German world cam
aign for internal disorEanization in
nc nations with which II wars. but
confined them u the ii.aited inland
province which ,J.'eat Russia proper has
now become.
"i.enine. according to statements
do l;,
tacular device OF M peace-Eo var"
tailed, always MAS for peace on any
German terms He dominated the sit
thing that Germany asked. Nor did
'Iiot-hy lease to continue TO obey the
German orders delivered TO him both
by General HOFFMAN, at Brest Litovsk
and at fctroGrad. directly by the Rus
sian division OF the German general
stan whicn was seated in Pctrosrad it
sell from Nov :llbcr, and which was
Monday. Marca 4, the day that Petro-
grad received notification that peace
had been signed AT Hrest Litovsk by
the Russian and Carma delegations
'Trotzhy therefore, rests rightly un-
der the accusa,i Ia of having staged his
tncatricai scene as climax 10 the Rus
sian DISCRIMINATION desired by Ger
many. The ACTUAL oroer no gave was
for the immediate demobilization OF the
Russian army. leaving the German army
The actual effect of the work of the
Bolshevik leaders. NOR over, was TO
enable Germany &C. combine its former
Lrmy OF the Russian front with it's
western army for the launching OF its
March offensive in france. such has
been The frnilion of Russia's German
directed Rolshcvikis ism"
The following dL,imcnts tell the
story Of the betrayal Of Russia 10
DOCUMENT 40. 10.
tGr. ireaD General staff. Central Alb
thcllunE. section MI No E'ah
70, lSlS)
To the Chairman Of the Council OF
mcnt OF the STAFF has the honor 10 re-
quest data of the attitude of the de-
tachmcnts being sent to I'skof and 10
guard against all possible results il in
these dctachmcnts any will carry on
patriotic propaganda and agitations
against the German Army Head OF
the Russion Division German General
Staff. o. Rausch: Adjutant. u. Wolf.
Note.-Thc chairman OF the Council
of Peoples Commissars is Lennc. At
the top Of this letter Is the written
comment Urgent. Chairman of the
Council OF Peoples Commssars asks
Voladarsky TO communicate this to the
agitation department. (Signed) See
rotary Skripnik."- Skripnik is the first
secretary of the government. personally
reporting 10 Lcninc. y second notation
in margin is Central Executive Com
mittec No. S2a TO report. tSgned) y.
g." The initials correspond with those
OF y. Gorbunov. chief secretary OF the
Council Of Peoples CommissarS. The
attachments being sent TO PSkoh at
This time were composed of Red Guards
and OF the recruits OF the new Rcd
Army. PSkon was taken by the Ger
mans without fight.
Have original letter
DOCUMENT no. II.
&c. q. s.. Nachrichten Bureau, section
II. Fob. %. 1850