The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-17

AMERICAN SOLDIERS
RFAD RED LITERATURE
Man, Distinguished bo'sir'iH's IA
miltcd To Allied Forces In
North Russia.
INSTlGATE MANY STRIKES
Make No Homes OF Attempting 10
Ntn sympathy W Nnnks for
Bolshc,ist Side.

kHCuNNGEL. Feb. 10 Cby maID.
Vlu.c the American and other al
lied troops are wagIng war against
Hs holshrylkI on the northern front.
another was is continually going on
n Nrrhangcl the war against
bu..heyiI, spies and agents.
Nrtrlv all the trouble that has oc-
cured 30 ArchanGcl In the way Of
.r.krs and hcsltatiug morale on
,nr part Of the new Russian con.
,.rpr troops can hctraccd To- these
In the first place, whcb tho
allie. occupied ArChanEcl 10 was
absolutely impracticnhlc to search
ont. among the civilian population,
all the hulsheNikl who remained" bee
hind
Many Of the bolshcvik soldiers
unum our forces captured at the
front including many who said they
we're forced to serve with the bnlsh"-
,lR despite their objections Nulun-
tered and were accepted in Arch
angel into the new Russian bat
nluns formed here to fight with
the allies. Some OF these men were
since volunteers and are doing splcn-
dit work at the front \ few others
however became rinEloaders Of
bolshovtk propaganda plots aimed
,o destroy the fighting morale OF
,hcir comrades
Disguised ns Peasants.
Also. in the territory near the
front which consists for tn" most
part OF forests, bolshcvki have been
Able to como through our lines
dyguished as peasants.
Iti,a tribute to the allies and Rus.
sian allegiance service that the work
Of these agents has been for the
mos, part nipped in the. bud.
Realizing the source Of most Of
the labor troubles that have arisen
from time tus time, Governor Gen
erM Eugene Miller has prohibited
ttrlkcs among workmcn employed on
war materials.
one Of the efforts Of the holshc-
vk agents has been their attempt
10 gain sympathiZcrs among tho
American soldiers. This has failed
slgrallN
Bolshcyik propaganda seems so
harmless to the American troops
that junior officers commanding da
iachments along the Emtsa river
In the kadish sector on several oC-
Casions. accepted arm loads OF print
cd matter from bolshcvik officers.
who came across no mans land to
plrlcy with them.
Soldiers Read Everything.
The Americans are short on read
ing matter down on this sector.
which 3 accessible only by slcighs,
and the bolshcvik literature helps
to amuse them these long Arctic
nights. Most Of It. written In a
flamhoyant style, apparently by Some
Russian who formerly worked for
one OF the New York soCiallstic news
papers. calls on the Americans to
come over and Join tho happy
bolshevik prolctari1t and lay down
their arms Much OF the propa-
gAnda ~ included In a weekly news
paper printed in English at Mos
COW
There Is also pamphlet written
by former English journalist
which attempts To-. prove that the
hUlSheviki treat their prisoners well.
instead OF killing them. ~ the Amer
leans have grown to believe from
evidence they have encountered.
In these parleys between Amorl-
can and bolshevik officers, which
arc usually on the subject Of cN-
change OF prisoners. the bolsherik
officers salute ours, although the
salute has been abolished In their
own army.