Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-27
ENGAGES RUSSIAN WOMAN
IN PLOT AGAINST pI \'rItS

~ once proceeded to MQUtreuX.
Sw!t%"riSud. and engaged her again
Tor our service. From MoutrcuX We
proceeded 10 Darinsiad,. where an i'm
portant meeting WAS held which wus
attended by the six chiefs Of ou, IN
tciiisencc bureaus. the Grand Duke OF
i!ess". the Csarina's nrother. Prince
Henry cL l'ruS Ia. our kaiser's brother
and myself. Immediately after the
conclusion Of this conference Marie and
! started for st. Petersburg, with many
messages Of certain friendly Russian
ministers and !gcNhaustiblc supplies of
money !laric engaged large house
wher" l'ataNcd with her as the wife
II Russian cil4clai who was secretly
~ our ,etv.,c.
Acting under. my direction. Marie. or
Vera. as she liked TO have inc call her
invited all her former friends to her
establishment. and VIC were in turn
invited |" elaborate entertainments. at
when political dscusslo Ions were in
VariabiE started. Upon my suggestion,
Rasnut!n was also invited frequently.
out always managed to Keep away
frou Kim. Won S;urmcr, who later be-
came the Prime Minister Of Russia but
who was AT that time not we'll known
/" ,tc Russian people, became 4 regular
attendant a; these gatherings and
Doiitica! discussions. The prime object
o! my first mission was 10 sound All
the Russian statesmen who were of
German blood, and spare no expense
CT effort in backing them up to become
!sh-stationcd officers or ministers
hrst suggested TO our bureau the name
Of Count Witte for such role: he was
regarded as mot safe" This WAS a
great misjudgmcnt on the part OF my
supcriors. as later DEVELOPMENTS
showed that Count Wi;te was one Ct
our best friends. Count Whites ac-
tviiics in behalf OF an Immediate
peace became so dcmonstrativc that
our intelligence bureau was about TO
center its attention on him. when he
died under questionable circumstances.
Won srUnMER BECOMES
PLoTrI.Ils' LAST HOPE:
Therefore. Won S,urmar was cur last
nope. In these days Protopopor was
not yci known. Won Sturmer was a
Very good friend Of tho Fathcrland
tie was born in Russia. of German
parents, while his wife vas a good Ger
man woman. loyal and true. wanted
Won Sturmer appointed as Prime Min
lister. I'm order to execute this plan
we had TO influence the Gar but he
was so constantly surrounded and
watched by his uncles and cousins that
II was impossible to approach him UNI
less we did so through Rasputin's in
nuencc with tho Czarina and through
her. the Car
did not care to deal with Rasputin
directly hut through Wassiltchikoff
encouraged his visits 10 The establish
incnt that TO all outside appearances
was being run by her. but in reality
was being maintained. through me, by
our intelligence bureau
BESIDES Rasputin his friends and
many other hlgh-s;ationcd Russian
officials. through Marics establishment.
we had nearly 1000 other Russians on
our pay rolls This plan originated
with Won iiolstein, in Berlin. These
Nussihns. whom we paid we'll reEu-
larry each week. talked and whispered
In all quarters of st. Petersburg about
the light effort Of England we had
people like these in the court. in hotels
and thcater lobbies. Our agents were
especially busy along the Guays, where
people OF the poorer quarters stood
waiting for their daily bread
Gro BE Continued To-Morrow)