Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-06

] edged that when the former nihilist
decided to return to his native land
aud offer his services, that he. Leninc.
/ had caused secret Information to be
| conveyed to the government OF the
czar concerning the same Bourtzem.
| This had resulted in the nihilLst being
ARRESTED at the frontier and conveyed
| To the fortress of st, Peter and ~.
! Paul in Petrogrud. When tbs German
agent inquired the reason for this AMI
mostly towards a man who was so
highly respected in radical circles for
the macniicnnt manner in which ne
had .unmasked the notorious Aner'
I.cninc replied that Bourtscff knew
too much and was "A man who could
not ho trusted by the extremists be-
cause he was apt to develop scruples
nj the wrong moment And he added
significantly. "Scruples arc things
which we ought TO forget as soon as
POSSIBLE in the present crisis
Later or no volunteered: Our ideas
spread like lightning and as soon as
we have succeeded, in imposing them
In zone country. they will surely ana
rapidly invade all othcns.'
1t was settled between Lenine and
this German agent of my acqua'nt-
ance that as soon as his pr"Tcrcc in
Russia. was REQUIRED andS considered
advisable. Leninc himself was TO re-
ceive safe conduct from the German
government allowing him to travel to
Petrograd thru German territory and
money to permit him to make the
journey.
The German government tele-
graphcd Len,rp the news that ravo-
luton had broken out in Russia and
that the car had abdicated n few
hours after the event had taken place.
The reply of the Russian anarchist
was chara cteT!st'c and consisted OF
four words. When must / START The
answer arrived the next day. 1t was
also brief. and merely said, Start as
soon as convenient fer YOU"
LeninC was not a man to let the grass
grow under his feet, and he immed-
lately summoned a meeting OF the
Russian anarchists and with them
elaborated a plan of action which, I'M
fortunately for his compatriots, he was
to put into execution few months
later. Then he repaired to the German
legation in Berne and obtained the
money required for his journey and
the necessary permission to cross Ger
man territory. AS soon as he had
these sinews of war in his hands. he
left Switzerland as he hoped. forever.
His nearest way to Petrograd 'nv
thru Berlin and Sweden. or course ne
stopped in the German capital, where
ne had several interviews with the
German Foreign Office. He pla yeJ
bis game admirably, and declared hiin-
self ready to try and influence pubic
opinion in Russia and to dstect il to-
wards the necessity Of concluding IN
immediate peace with the Central
Powers. Without this peace i would
be impossible to bring into execution
the vast program of reforms which he
considered Indispensable to make
real socialist state out of Russia. in
which everything that savored the
class distinction had to be eliminated
carefully, if possible by persuasion,
and. if impossible in that way, by
violence. Therefore he proclaimed
himself a paciflst and >promised to do
al III MS power W SoihPei tiie MUSICIAN
nation to uphold him in his struggle
against the detested and detestable
"Bourgou", as the Russian anarchists
called the upper classes.
Lenine had paved the way for his
successes even before he set foot on
Russian soil by calling several of his
most trusted adherents to a conference
in Stockholm, where he contrived to
Brighten by his wild talk some of the
revolutionaries who had come to meet
him there.
/ happened to meet him at the home
Of a Russian who had made his home
in Stockholm since the beginning Of
the war. My host was not bolshevik
himself, but he was in close relations