Evening star., 1918-07-03
HUN INTRIGUE SEEN
IN RUSSIAN "NEWS"
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Lenine's flight to Mourman and the re-
ported German cooperation with the
soviet-was so sensational as to make
it suspicious. When left Moscow on
May IA. the soviet was on frmer foun-
dation than at.any time OF its eisne
no visible force in Russia that couid
cause the soviet government even TO
totter. These dispatches were timed
perfectly to influence public opinion
in allied countries on the eve OF 1ne
great decision as to the allied attitude
will know for certain whether these
dispatches were a part of a great
German intrigue They bear all or
the appearances of intrigue at the
present moment. although. lacking dl-
rect cables from Moscow 1t cannot YET
position is correct, some action shouid
be taken to prevent repetition.
On June % the American press car
ried dispatch from London saying.
According to unconfrmed reports
today the soviet government IN MOS los
COW has been overthrown. says dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company from Copenhagen. Moscow.
the reports add. has been captured
by Gen. Korniloff. supported by Ger
source assert that Grand Duke
peror. Lenine and Trotzky are said
to have fed to the Mourman coast.
Gen. kaledines is said to have CO.
operated with the German troops In
the capture of Moscow. The Exchange
Telegraph Company publishes It's
message with reserve, and points out
mat the information emanateS manly
from German sources and therefore
Sees Intent to Mislead.
AS this dispatch came out of Ger
many it might easily have been in
tended to mislead the allied diplo-
mats into thinking that there was no
longer any soviet government to CO.
operate with. and therefore that there
was no need in further discussing
policy of cooperation.
Two assertions in the above news
dispatches were deliberate falsehoods.
Cen kaledines committed suicide. Gen.
kornilof was put to death by his own
tial- 1t seems as though there were
a humorist in the German propaganda
bureau who was trying to see just
how much he coulI put over on the
american public. some papers men
ticned the previous reports on the
death of these two generals-but
others carried their names III black
type without reservation.
On June 80. newspapers carried
the following dispatch. dated London.
June 20:
The German government. accord
ing to German newspapers, is taking
preparatory measures with a view to
Intervention in Russia. says a dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company today from Zurich. Under
this plan, it is stated. troops will be
sent to restore. order, assisted by
maximalist forces
On June 81 Amsterdam sends out
the following:
Reports that ex-Czar Nicholas has
been murdered in Ekaterinburg have
been persistently reported from Mos
COW. in reports received from that
city (date not given) via Berlin"
The last direct word from the As
sociated Press correspondent from
Moscow was dated June -. just
twentyfour hours before the govern
ment of Lenine and Trotzky was sup
posed to have been overth"own. This
dispatch discussed the comparatively
trivial question of Russo-Ukrainian
peace. II there had been big. political
events stirring he surely would not
have considered Russo -Ukrainian
peace as news worth sending. When
Gerensky fell we had three weeks
warning that a political change i'm
pended.
Would Await Confirmation.
II reading these dispatches which
come to America through the hands
of the Wolff Agency in Berlin or re-
prints from the Frankfurter Zeitrnr