Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-17
MARTENS 0FFRs TO PAY
Fares FOR ALI RUssIANs
1hoso VINO Do Not Cab to Remain
In America Can Rsturn
Homo.
WILL AID DEsIRA nLEs
Sclf-Styled Ambassador q, sov,o.
Government Arrested SATURDAY nm
Contempt Charge and Release, on
81 900 Bond.
Ipy Associated Press /,

lBy Associated Press.1
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-Ludwiy,r
Is. Martens. self-styled "ambassnan. -.
the Russian Soviet government 70 ~
United States" has offered to provids
transportation from the United Ststse
70 Russia for all Russian citizens vino
e eesife TO leave AMERICA. or whose pres
able to the Federal government. Thi,
Sner was J., made s In letter written by
and made public here tonight.
In his letter Martens protests agains,
me unwarranted and cruel trcatmcnt.'
PM States are subjected. FEEDER:
ae ed s'a wi,S Officers as wen az mobs
that the soSieP Hs pre- Be-
permitted to return the Citizens to RUS
shou ana q, declares that he has received
t ,na2ten who are anxious to return To-
~ Held Under $1,000 Bond.
Inar,ens was arrested for contemnt
sf,e% s R Rns rsIeased on $1,000 ba
itusk legislative committee jpv.s tne
E III REL. radical ga, activities in New York.
that oil com S uft,SsaiEon the ground
y Were nr hiimseii and his government
fore fore ,, nr, cd,e when Brought be-
Martens promised 10 appear h at,tsrno ,nn
committee Monduy and to b rinr me his:
Calling attention to press renor,s
f hns,,a !, is proposed % deport certain certain
iI raI nf ~, 10 parts OF Russia under con-
ernmen,. Martens. in his letter to Sec
rotary Lansing. protests that such dc.
Tor the d %san certain snG death
e epInsitgt "a nagrant breach Of 'a ali
principles OF international law
1T Is quite unneesss asyts he saws
S n 70 iaEs re Trouble f de p'sf
Federal Soviet republic. They arc ans,
soc a J,;!. TO leave. T. Therefore. re
States government could easily be- Tei
Rtae ,sst, OF the presence OF unweicom,
Russia w f,ease"s ives those citizens
be ea in the United States wer.
P Penm ne, TO to leave desire to assure
70 rep r nt iie is renG,e have honor
provide means Of trinspor,stion fro TO
.ne unoed states to Soviet Russia for
eNer! RUSSIAN citizen in this country"
Accorded Citizenship.
The government OF the Russ,,,
Socialist Federal Soviet repnnJtc ha.
! accorded American citizens In Sow,
rvnn civil and considerate treatment.
on the part OF such Americans toward
TIE government of Soviet Russia has
I se9n proven ao,is. beyond al doubt" tho
tionhi cases where offenses OF n par
t;eularly grave nature against the
muss,sn l., govornment have been com.
prosecuted by officers OF the Law
American soldiers taken prisoners I'm
.he Archangel district. which was In
S Ssoed ny American troops without
with especial consideration. and were
unconditionally released as soon as II
20 mat sna nra ,SsSs to SEND them home
can prisoners OF war In RUSSIA
On the contrary. Russian citizens In
a ,,ins lea, Martens says have been de-
Iot OF thousands OF Russians in the
United States today" he explains. lis
e e1 rss,, nnhagPy through no faul.
IN the press and the prejudice created
by Virulent campaign OF misreprc-
&c their Russian citizenship
advancement. They have been arrested
without warrant and subjected TO op.
pressive treatment against which they
citizens of country whose govern
nient is not recognized by the United
States.
suffer Violent Treatment.
within the past few days" he added.
great numbers OF Russian citizens in
arrested and have suffered the most
brutal physIeal violence At the hands
YorH non oe oner the sy of Sew
citizens of Soviet Russia. and. although
those arrests were made in a manner
which caused much suffering and
physica! injury TO these citizens. and
although property belonging to them
vas wsntoniy destroyed in these raids.
| It developed that few OF them could De
held for further investigation and
criminal prosecution.
"a number OF afiidav!ts bearing
evidence to tho fact That the lives
and IibortieB OF Russian citizens have
been threatened without reasonable
grounds will be submitted to the state
Department within few days"