New-York tribune., 1919-11-18
Head of Russian Bureau
Tells Lusk Committee
Lenine Letter He Circu-
lated Was Propaganda
Communist Party
Copied Manifesto
Spent Two Years in Ger.
man Army ;Met Trotzky
Here in 1917; Testi-
mcny to Washington

Ludwig G. A. K. Martens, so-called
envoy in the United States of the
Russian Soviet government, admitted
before the Lusk legislative commit
zee yesterday that he was here to
aid in the spread of a worldwide
evolution.
His Offices at ITO West Fortieth
street. he admitted, were the Ameri-
can headquarters Of Lenine and
'Frotzky, whose Communist mani
1esto called for the destruction cf
"all capitalist governments" and
FOR "a reign Of terror" by the work
ing classes wherever resistance was
found.
Martens appeared as an unwilling
witness before the committee in City
Hall, after he had been threatened
with Imprisonment for contempt for
refusing to produce certain papers.
He changed his mind and agreed to
comply with the committees order.
" was stated by the committee that
the evidence obtained from Martens
prohs bly, would be forwarded to the
State Department, with recommen-
cations that he be deported.
Some Important Disclosures
Some Of the disclosures made by
Martens were:
The Russian Communist manifesto
calling upon workers to overthrow
-heir governments and employ terror
SIN is identical with the manifesto
of the Communist party Of America,
whose headquarters were raided ten
days ago.
Martens entered this country as a
German citizen in 1916, and has been
here ever since. When America en-
cred the war he failed to register as
an enemy alien, because, he said, one
month before America entered the
war, without leaving New York, he
applied by mail for citizenship under
the Soviet government. He received
his citizenship papers by. mail a
month after America entered the war
He served two years as soldier
In the German army. His activity as
Russian revolutionist began after
his discharge from the army in 1901,
when he and Lenine, then in Switzer
land, began to send terrorist propa
ganda into Pussia.
He met Trotzky in New York IN
1871 IN the office of the "Novy
Mir the Russian Socialist news
paper. and there discussed the Com
munist program, as q result Of which
$500 Russian commissars, or police
CshcialS were executed.
Citizenship Conferred by Mail
Mr.. Martens. in answer to questions
by Samuel A. Berger. Deputy Attorney
General, and Archibald E. Stevenson,
counsel for the committee, admitted
That the Soviet government has sys-
TEN Of conferring Russian citizenship
1y mail 1t is quite possible for a
SSussian S,aan naturaIized in the United
states to become a Russian again by
man, and thus claim the protection Of
'ns two governments, he said
M..artens's testimony will be sub
mi'ted to the State Department with
'eSs.o0mmendations that he be deported.
,; isn't 1t fact that in stating it
srs. "asnes 70 overthrow the capitalist
~ sss'em' the Soviet government wishes
m.nts ttvep'hrow ep all capitalist govern
s.mI asked Mr.. Stevenson.
mat IS their wish They wish to
;sSSnge ;.Satg from the capitalist to the Soc
",sI aH. system" answered Mr.. Martens.
come sbout!"
n,.;a me change may come by purely
Ai'nc = bi',.mn means, or it may come through
how i !. struggle. They do not care
diplommss.annes ~ it is done by terror or by
at is m...
class matter Tor the working
ernmat. 1rn,t It fact that the Soviet gov
the ths'asns nrs.,s issues propaganda advising
capitalist ae, Of overthrowing the
tries" sosernments in other coun-
les, asa means of defense"
We, hsaine Letter Propaganda
AIa'o .Amsrisa'no ,yo, You call Lcnine's letter to
fense?" tA'ngmen means of de-
~sr Martens had admitted it was