The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-04
WORK OF BOLSHEWST
IN GREAT BRITAIN
ny weiI-Organixed system, Agents
Are sent to England TO Spread
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London, Oct 1t is now definitely
established that the Bolsheyiki on the
continent have a very well organized
system of sending their agents to Great
Britain for the purpose of bringing In
money and propaganda literature. de-
tails of which are now being fur
uished from time to time by the au-
thorttte..
The international courier system OF
the Bolshevtki is under, the control of
:. woman named Angelica Batabanofs.
Russian who herself chiefly works
between Berne. Stockholm. Berlin, and
Moscow She has never been to Eng
land as far as liz known.
One of the ways in which the Boil
sheviki send their agents to Great
Rritain is 10 stow them away In
foreign vessels coming to England,
and the crews OF these ships receive
a certain sum of money for each man
they succeed in getting into this coun-
try The Bolsheviki are ready to use
any people for the purpose of bringing
papers here. Recently some eleven
foreign Jews were slowed away upon
a Dutch steamer They were men who
would not have been granted passports
in the ordinary way. and although they
are not suspected of being Bolsheviki
ii In known that society In Holland
paid Ave pounds per head to the crews
of the ships in which the men were
slowed away. Eleven OF the stcwaways
were caught in the East End of Lon
don. and were deported.
The following account of an inter
view with a sergeant in the machine
gun corps cavalry shows how the
Bolsheviki attempt to corrupt British
soldiers Sergeant Price was pris-
oner of war In Russia. and has only
recently returned to England.
At the beginning of May last he was
taken with two fellow prisoners. who
were privates. to the foreign office at
the Hotel Metropole in Moscow. and
was conducted to Jew there named
Levine.
Sergeant Price, who was confined
with some British officers, was asked
IL any proposals had been made TO him
TO accept his freedom and abandon his
officers. He replied that he had no in
tention Of doing so.
Levine then showed him pile of
propaganda leaflets and pamphlets.
amongst which he particularly noticed
one written by well-known British
journalist
Levine went on to explain to Ser
geant Price that the authorities were
prepared to send him to their school
OF propaganda, where he would re-
ceive twenty-five rubles a day and his
food The idea was that recruits for
this school should be obtained among
British prisoners of war, and that they
should learn the work and be paid
while doing so. and then come to Eng
land for propaganda purposes. but
without pay because as Levine said.
You will make money in England, and
will be thought something o." ~
From the way Levine spoke Ser
geant Price gathered that he really
thought that there was revolution
In England. He questioned him a lit
tie more closely. and this impression
was confirmed
Sergeant Price. however. remained
obdurate, ard refused to consider Lee
vines proposals. Questioned as to his
two companions, Price said that they
would do what he did Finally Levine
gave them up and dismissed them,
providing thsrs with pile OF his prop
uganda liters.nr~. There was a good
deal of somewhat acrimonious discus
sion before the interview concluded.
AnA LevinA was vsry much annoyed
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