The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-13

connections" he replied, but do not
know where II comes from"
Senator Lusk said that as the papers
were brought before the committee In
response to the subpoena duces tecum
all those points probably would be es-
tablished. He said that Mr.. Martens
had admitted to him that he had not
been recognized by this Government as
the accredited representative of the
Soviet Government, and that he had no
| chance to present his papers In WASH
ington.
Tho members Of the State Constab-
ulary offered to take Mr.. Martens and
his associates to the City Hall in motor
| cars but the courtesy was refused. They
used the pleeeisn subway. but repre-.
! seEtatives Of the. state accompanied
them. They were In no pleasant frame
| Of mind when they reached the City Hall
and were steered into the reception room
while the Lusk committee sat in execu-
tive session IN the Board Of Estimate
Chamber across the hall
Charles Recht of ~ West Forty-eec-
ond street, counsel for the Soviet bu-
reau, demanded that he be permitted to
represent Mr.. Maftens ana the Others.
He was told that he could not do that
before the committee. Mr.. Heller sent
a messenger to engage the services of
tO'Gornan. Battle and Vandiver, and
Edwin Stanton OF that arm, who was
formerly an Assistant United States At
torney. went to the City Hall. but he was
not permitted to appear before the com
mitteA
| Russian Calls Il an Outrage.
"The raid was an outrageous thing"
said Mr.. Nuorteva, secretary of the mis-
sion. as he sat waiting to be called.
| More than twenty detectives entered
our offices in the toughest possible man
ner. They cut our wires and would not
let us communicate with any one. You
could hardly believe how they jumbled
up all our papers. including a number of
commercial messages to some American
firms Then they took them all away.
It will take US weeks to straighten them
out II they give the papers back
I'VE have no objection to telling all
we know and can SEQ no sense in going
at things in this rough way, particularly
as We are the accredited representatives
Of the Russian Government"
A person who saw the ofi1ces OF the
Soviet Bureau soon after the raid said
the place looked as II Il had been hit by
a good northeast gale.
Two great motor truckloads OF steel
filing cabinets. great boxes of printed
literature. hundreds Of pamphlets print
cu W tuo Ithuo oCUoOt, tnO COCldiSt
Publication Society OF Brooklyn the
Nation and other radical agencies were
carted away.
red nag bearing q number of gold
Russian characters and banner Of the
Soviet Government was seized. The Of
ficc force Of about thirty had either
gone downtown to testify In response to
tho subpenaes Of had scattered for their
homes
State Constable "Listens In"
At the telephone switchboard taking
careful note of who called up and for
whom such callers inquired sat a State
constable. Other operatives stood guard
in the offices of the bureau on the third
and fourth floors OF the building, and
thousands of pamphlets and letters in
10th English and Russian were scat
tered all about the premises.
Among the seized articles t. which
most Importance was attached were the
mailing lists Of the establishment show
Ing each and every person with whom
the Bolshevik representatives have been
In communication and containing names
OF many persons in most remote parts
OF the country, as well as three bank
books showing large accounts in the
Guaranty Trust Company. Public Bank
and the State Bank
BY a coincidence Henry w. Grune-
wald. who conducted the raid, happened
to open Offices in tho building in con-
nection with Albert @. Adams, another
former Federal operative. as a private
investigation bureau several months be-
fore the Russian Soviet repreeeu tatives
moved In.
|. AT O'Clock he had HIS men placed
outside OF every ono of the Offices of
| thu hnHaQtI that n In
escaped or removed any papers had he
felt so disposed. He then entered and
served tho subp9naes Gregory wein-
stein. ono of those served. was formerly
editor OF the Novi-Air, the Russian Neto
World, the offices OF which were wrecked
by sailors on May day.
Martens asked that an inventory be
made OF all the articles removed and
a receipt given. This Grunevald agreed
to, permitting an employees OF the bureau
to check everything that was taken out.
About twenty minutes after the ap-
pearance OF the officers at the place and
before any other paper In the city
learned OF the AFFAIR the New York Col,
the Socialist paper. had a reporter on
the scene. That paper had been tipped
orr by the Bolshevih representatives.
Radical Gangs Connected Up.
The enormous mass OF literature taken
in the raid shows extensive cooperation
| between the Martens crew and other
radical organizations in this city.
One paper, Of which there were sew
eral thousand copies on the premises,
was entitled Russian Reprints from the
Nation OF November 16. 20 and so" It
| was evidently printed by the Nation,
as It contained an advertisement to the
effect that the publication would carry
from time to time articles on European
questions contributed by Oswald CARR
son Willard. its editor.
Another paper was entitled Russian
Socialist Federal Soviet Republic" It
was a letter to the State Department
signed by Martens and Nuorteva.
There were thousands of copies OF the
Russian Constitution printed by the Ma
ton Press, Inc. publishers OF the Nation.
and a paper on THE Soviet. the Terro.
and Intervention" by NJ Philips Price
Russian correspondent OF the Manches-
ter GIardion, printed by the Socialist
Publication Society OF 24S Fifty fifth
| street. Brooklyn.
The Bolsheviki and the Soviets." by
| Albert Rhys Williams. contained sew
enty-six questions and answers on the
| workingman's government in Russia and
bore also an advertisement for the
Glass Struggle, a bimonthly magazine
!, edited by Eugene v. Debs, Louis c.
Fraina and Ludwig Lore.
Lenine's writings Are Found.