Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-23
B0L SHEV|K| L|TERATURE|S
 DISTR|BUT ED AT SHOPS HERE
Propaganda Of Russian Soviet Is Slipped Under Door Of Watchman $ Cabin Some Time
 Friday Night

brought to light yesterday afternoon when Superintendent J. F. Callahan of the Cotton Belt Railway found { pamphlet in the hands of the watch man entitled "The Russian Soviet Re- public Speaks to President Wilson" The hand bill is prefaced as "Note of Soviet Commissaire of Foreign Affairs transmitted Oct. "A, 1918," and is addressed to President Wilson. | It was found by MT. Hardy watchman at the Cotton Belt office, Friday morning when he came down to work. ! The dodger had been folded and slip ped under the door of his cabin before l he arrived.
 With the exception of few men in the yards, employees of the Cotton 1 Belt were unaware of the appearance of the literature at the shops until an inquiry was made by The Graphic yesterday afternoon. Immediately
 Superintendent Callahan and c. J.
 Lake made an investigation in the
 shops and yards and found the
 propaganda. Only one of the hand bills has been found and it is believed
 that only one was left by the mys- terious caller.
 The Acid Test.
 The dodger is signed by G. w. Tsch- ] itscherin, Peoples Commissaire of for eign Affairs and outlines President | Wilson's program for free Russia, as we'll as the activities of the Rus 1 sian Soviet in Russia and especially l at Brest- -Litocsk. It continues "Six
 months have passed since then and | tho D,,.c;n,, Dao,>1a Lrl
 cient time to get actual tests of your
 governments and your allies good
 will, of their comprehension of the
 needs of the Russian people. of their
 intelligent unselfish sympathy. This
 attitude of your government and of
 your allies was shown first of all in ! the conspiracy, which was organized
 on Russian territory with financial
 assistance of your French allies and
 with the diplomatic cooperation of
 your Government as well-the con
 spiracy of the Czecho- -Slovaks to
 whom your Government is furnishing
 every kind of assistance"
 For some time attempts had been
 made" the dodger continues, "to cre-
 ate pretext for a war between Rus-
 sia and the United States of North
 America by spreading false stories to
 the effect that German war prisoners
 had seized the Siberian railroad, but
 your own officers and after them Col
 onel Robbins head of your Red Cross Mission, had been convinced that these allegations were absolutely false" 4 Summarizes Activities.
 I The pamphlet continues with a
 summary of Czecho- -Slovak activities : in Russia and claims that the Soviet
 represents eighty percent of Russians.
 It also proposes an annullment of all
 war loans and declares that "The
 League of Nations be based on the appropriation of the capitalists of all
 countries"
 A warning to the working class is contained against the Capitalist
 League" and the conclusion is given
 over to number of questions asked
 President Wilson with regard to "what are the allies to demand of Russia.
 . The text of the hand bill follows:
 The Russian Soviet Republic Speaks \ To President Wilson. : (Note of Soviet Commissaire of } Foreign Affairs transmitted Oct. "A, 1918). MT. President:
 In your message of January 4th to the Congress of the United States of : North America, in the sixth point, 3 you spoke of your profound sym- : pathy for Russia, which was then con- ! ducting, single handed negotiations
 with the mighty German Imperialism. p Your program, you declared, demands l the evacuation of all Russia terri : tory and such settlement of all l questions affecting Russia as will se- l cure that best and freeset co-opera- : tion of the other nations of the world : in obtaining for her unhampered and e unembarrassed opportunity for the y independent determination of her e political development and national e policy, and asure her sincere vel : come into the society of free nations
 under institutions of her own choos-
 ing: and, more than welcome, as v sistance of every kind that she may - need and may herself desire. And you q added that the treatment accorded s to Russia by her sister nations in the I months to come will be the acid test ' of their goodwill, of their compre
 hension of her needs as distinguished l. from their own interests, and of theil e intelligent and unselfish sympathy" Fl The desperate struggle which WI e were waging at Brest- Litovsk agains e German Imperialism apparently only V intensified your sympathy for Sovie le Russia, for you sent greetings to tn
 Congress of the Soviets (March 1918, {. offensive ratified the Grest peace q .e violence, ce,-ereetiHgs and sssuFancei ,r that Soviet Russia might. count upoi {. American help. |AS
 tcontasuse es s| 1s|