The Washington herald., 1919-03-11
SUBMITS
PROOF FRANCIS
BACKED COURSE
Documents Show Envoy
Was Ready to Urge Rec
ognition Of Bolsheviki.
TOLD TO BREAK RULE
A m b bassador Instructed
Colonel to Continue Re-
lahons with Reds.

foruons Of the secret eorre-
sponoenee between American Am
oassador Francis and official, a,
Ihis government over negotiations
with the Bolshevik government for
rejection Of the treaty of Brest-
Litovsk were read into the record
OF the Overman subcommittee of
the Senate yesterday.
The documents. copied from, IN.
OFFICIAL records. were submitted b.,
Col Raymond Robins 20 show tbs,
ms associations with. I,enine ara
ifotsky were at the earnest So
hcitation Of the American Arnbas-
ssdor.
What Documents show,
The documents showed.
i. That Ambassador Frapra.
was ready to recommend recoR-
nition Of the Lenine-Trotyky
government IL the treaty win
germany were not ratified
- That the Ambassador strong
~ urged his government against
sending troops To Russia in the
Ieilet that such intervention
would provoke the BoIsheyiL,
irto ratifying the treaty. there
oy bringing to an end the ueEo-
uations for continuance OF the
Russian armies in the war
.. That Ambassador Francis
instructed Col Robins 10 violate
the order given by American Of
hcials TO cease relations with the
Bolshcvik leaders. and sent him
TO MOSCOW to confer with Lenine
and Trotsky over ratification OF
the treaty.
Col Robins put these document,
IN the record Of the corunfttee's in,
Festigation OF pro- Bolshevik props.
Sanoa TO correct certain statements
in the testimony Of Ambas<sdor
Francis regarding the work OF Rob-
Ins in Russia. In the opinion of
Robins these statements tended ia
pac" him in the light Of having or-
dorsed the Eolshevik goverutnen,
and 81 having acted ss a Ec-bctwecn
Tor the American Embassy without
AMBASSADOR FranSis' permission.
Denies "Red- sy~pathIcs.
He showed by the docuurvntz tbst
the AmbHssadu urged hin, 10 keen
in communication. with Lcninr snd
Trotzky after he had been ordered
rot to do so. Robins reiterated r..
declaration against the methods and
principles Of L"nine and Trutzky
and expressed considerable rr-ert-
ment over the iUsinuatiun in Tho tr--
tlmony " certain witnesses that hs
was in sympathy with their program
OF terrorism.
A special cipher cable message "a
the state Department. sent by Am-
"a g AL. FRA V-raHH
among documents introduced hy Col.
Robins. In this message. Ambas-
sad"r Francis protested strongly
against permitting Japaucsc troons
10 join in the Intervention in ST.
IBERIA. He told tho State Depa artmeut
this action would be fatal TO the
negotiations which Col. Robins was
then conducting with his sanction
FOR ruuication OF the Brest-LitovslS
treaty.
\ few hours after this MESA "a
was sent. Ambassador Francis sent
another i'm which he advised tho state
department that he had read Boil
shevik, as well as anti BOlshevik,
newspapers and had found una
nImIty OF opposition against us
threatened intervention. In this ca
bleEram the Ambassador said
Cannot too strongly urge AGAINST
intervention bv japanese II r7innor
Of japanese intervention is haseIeSs
am confident treaty will not b. rstt-
fed 90
Calls Mexico BoIshcyIL.
Col Robins said the Carrsnza rov-
ernment in Mexico is very similar ia
that OF the Bolshcvist program. aud
that it might become necessary for
IN" United States TO decide what q
will do zoe relation to the BoIshCvilc
government Just as ft may have 70
decide what il will do with regard to
tho Mexican situation"
Radical elements in tho United
States are united in plan 10 overs
throw tho American government Ivy a
bloody revolution and SGT un n Boil
sh"yist republic according 60 -
memorandum submitted 10 the senate
committee investigating Rolsheyism
Yesterday by Solicitor Lamar n fhs
PostofficC Department