The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-09
Plans Industrial Revolution in
All Allied Nations.
Is Acting as Catspaw for I'm
perial German Govt.
SEND OVER GERMAN AGITATORS
Kaiser Agrees To Transport
Them on Russian Ships.
Z. S. Govt Gets Inside Dope on
Anti-Allies Conspiracy.
BY ROBERT J. BENDER.
Copyright. 1918. by the United Press.


Washington. March 9.-Germany,
with the aid of Nikolai Lenine, Boil
shevik premier, is planning to bring
about industrial revolution in the
United States, Japan. France, Italy
and England.
The United Press today is able to
present further information reaching
here from a highly authoritative but
cor fidential source, showing the
Vaccinations of Lenine in his cam
paign against the "militarism of the
allies" while acting as the catspaw of
the Teutons.
Following the statement of Lord
Robert Cecil. British minister of
blockade, that certain elements of the
Bolsheviki. acting in collusion with
German agents, have adopted an OPEN
ly anti-entente attitude, information
revealed in Washington today, shows
the German-Lenine propaganda now
under way as the most dangerous
since the war began, already. it has
gone to the point where the Germans
have laid before the Bolshevik leaders
a proposition whereby Germany's
agents, sailing in Russian ships, are to
be landed ip Japan, the United States
and British East Asia colonies to do
the work of "agitators."
Use Hun Prisoners in Siberia.
Already this government is in
formed of freedom granted officers
now IN Siberia.
And meantime, thru a number of
I Swedish Socialists and Lenine's care
fully chosen agents, the work of
spreading ultra-Socialist propaganda
among the workers in all allied coun-
tries is to go forward, aimed to stir
up industrial rebellion.
The Immediate use Germany is
making of Lenine and the Russian
Bolshev:k government now under its
iF1 e.
cable received here today:
The Petrograd representative of
the German navy has received in
structions to propose to the council
of the peoples commissaries the fol-
lowing scheme:
placed at the disposal of three Ger
man agents at Vladivostok to be
loaded as merchant vessels and sent
| TO the United States, Japan and the
British colonies in Eastern Asia The
| cargo really carried to be German
agents to act as agitators'
IF unable to get Russian ships the
instructions were to charter vessels
under any flag
The action of the Russian govern
ment on the matter has not been
ascertained.''
Germany Finances Scheme.
That Germany will do her utmost
to finance all the projects tending to
the industrial upheaval in allied coun-
| tries is known to be her promise A
deal has been made with Lenine to
push the propaganda from the Boil
| sheviki standpoint and 100000 rubles
| have been appropriated for the pur-
pose. Lenine's agent is Mile. Kolontai,
/ member of the Bolsheviki cabinet.
| From the purely Socialist angle, it
| is learned the work was to be done
f; thru Swedish Minority Socialist Lind
hagen.
The outstanding feature of reports
/ being received here is the utter frank
ness with which the Germans are now
| dealing with the Russian council of
| the peoples commissaries in their
/ work to weaken the allies.
Urges Russians to Welcome Huns.
/ The reports distinctly show that
Lenine continues to exert his energies
n these channels while urging the
| people TO accept the German peace
terms and offer no counter-resistance
| to the invaders. AS a result, con-
| fidential reports received by Ameri-
can and allied representatives show,
| that for the most part the German
| sian territory-presumably in the
hope that the Teuton arrival will
mean re-establishment of order
How far the Lenine and German
propaganda: may already have gone,
has not yet been determined 1t is
felt, however, that in view of the
growing German menace and in view
of the exposed propaganda plots.
measures might well be taken to
| combat it and further solidify the
| relationships and understa nding be-
tween the United States and the al
lies. 1t is probable that delegation
of Amer lean public men may go to
| England soon to preach the Ameri-
| can viewpoint in the war, study the
| English view and return to America
to talk to this country on the al
lies"
The personnel of the delegation
has not been determined upon but it
would include political and intel
lectual leaders-men and women
representatives of labor and profess
sors of some of the nations leading
institutions of learning