The sun., 1918-09-15
Z. s. Obtains Documents
Showing BOlshevik Heads
as Berlin Agents.
PLOT AGAINST AMERICA
First Seven Papers Unfold
Financing of Revolt to
Rend Slavs.
TEUTONS PLANNED WAR
Ready to Strike and Grab Ter
ritory Before Present Con-
flict Began.
Special Despdfch to TIE Sus.

WAsHINGToN, Sept. 14.-Proofs that
Lenine and Trotzky are paid German
agents and that the Bolshevik revolution
was arranged and financed by Germany
are laid before the world to-day by the
United States Government in the first
instalment OF an amazing series of Of
fclal documents disclosed through the
Committee on Public Information. r
They show not only how the Imperial
Bank OF Germany paid its gold to Le-
nne. Trotzky and their immediate as
sociates for betrayipg Russia into the
hands OF Germany. but give added evi-
ience that Germany was perfecting her
plans for world conquest in June. 1914.
several weeks before the assassinations
at Sarajevo furnished a pretext for
starting the war.
German Pre-war Plots Barred.
The documents were obtained by Ed
gar G. Sisson. special representative OF
Inc Committee on Public Information in
Russia last winter, and other American
agents. In their sensational nature they
almost rank with the Zimmerman note
proposing war by Mexico and Japan
against the United States.
They prove that before the world war
lad progressed four months and more
han two years before the United States
was drawn into 1t, Germany was al
ready setting afoot her plans to "mobil-
Ee destructive agents and observers" to
ause explosions, strikes and other out
ages in this country, and recommended
he employment OF anarchists and es-
.aped criminals for this purpose.
They show that the treaty of Brest-
L'tovsk was a betrayal of the Russian
people by the German agents. Lenine
and Trotzky; that a German picked
,ommander was chosen to defend
ietrcgrad against the Germans; that
ierman officers have been secretly re-
leived by the Bolshevik Government as
military advisers, spies upon the en-
)assies Of Russia's allies, officers in the
Russian army and directors of the Boil
shev!k military. foreign and domestic
,olicies.
Betrayal of Russia.
They show in short" says the Com
mittee on Public Information. that the
present Bolsheyik Government Is not
Russian Government at all. but Ger
nan Government. acting solely in the In
terest Of Germany and betraying the
Russian people. as It betrays Russia
natural allies, for the benefit Of the I'M
EerIal German Government alone.
And they show also that the Boil
shevIlt leaders, for the same German I'm
rerisl end. have equally betrayed the
working classes OF Russia whom they
pretend to represent"
There are apout seventy documents.
Many are originals. annotated by Boil
shevk officials. A majority of the others
are Photographs OF originals. showing
annotations. They corroborate third
set OF typewriter circulars OF which
only two originals are possessed. but all
OF which fit perfectly into the whole pat
tern Of German intrigue and guilt. Some
OF the information set forth is not new
but attains new significance as revealing
the Bolshevik plotters' complete under
standing OF all that Germany was trying
10 do.
The first document is n photograph OF
a report made to the Bolshevik leaders
ny Two other assistants. saying that In
accordance with their instruction there
the Russian Ministry of Justice the
order OF the German Imperial Bank al
lowing money to Comrades Lenine
Trotzky and others for the propagands
OF peace In Russia. and that at the same
time all the books OF bank In Stock
holm containing these accounts had beer
audited and delivered to Comrade Mul
Ter, who was sent from Berlin"
Lenfne Revealed as Traitor.
This report Is indorsed by Lenine
with his initials, for deposit in the "se
cret department of the Bolshevik fles.'
The authenticity of the report is sup
ported by Document No. 2. which is tn,
original Of report sent by German
General Stan representative to the Bol
snevik leaders. warning them that III
had just arrested an agent who had thu
original order of the German Imperia
Bank referred to In Document No. ]
and pointing out that evidently "at th'
proper time steps were not taken to de
siroy the above mentioned documents.
Two incriminating German circular
are mentioned in Document No. a
having been transferred from the Rus
H''H 20 the German secret service II
Pelrograd. The document .1s the orig
nal protocol. signed by several boi
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