The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-21


Plan for operation of railways In Siberia
and the need is A. urgent as ever. but !
wish to lay stress on the fact that money
! must be supplied In large sums In order
to carry through the plan. In view OF
| the attitude Of Congress on the Food
Bill, ] should give up the possibility Of
securing money for this purpose BY an
| appropriation. The Russian Amba ssador
| has no funds for any real railway re-
organization and has already exhausted
some set aside for maintaining railway
service corps.
Il am taking the liberty OF stating the
case BADLY. SO that the President and
yourself may have all the facts before
YOU before he commits himself to supply
the money for the purpose frouu his pri-
vate fund.
II have asked wooier to express his
views on the situation and as soon as
1 hear from him will cable you again
Il have not communicated with the
Japanese Government our formal accep-
lance, and for this reason would like TO
have your views as soon as possible.
POLK, Acting"
Explains Secret Fund.
Mr.. Eastman then explained tho funds
called private" were not the personal
money Of the President, but that II was
the large sum set aside two years ago
to be expended as he saw at In the
prosecution of the war against Ger
many. He and the audience character
lSed the use Of this money against the
Soviets, as a crime and some one asked
why Congress didn't impeach the Presi-
dent. -. ~
Ambassador" Martens confined his
remarks to a restatement Of the pur-
poses Of the mission here. He said that
Russia wanted to establish q society
under MARKHAM socialism and wanted to
be left alone to do 30. He said that he
only wanted to establish relations with
the United States. and that naturally
his sympathies went to the Socialist
party here as most nearly approaching
the creed Of his own country. He said
the legislative committee was utterly
unjustiied In attributing wrong motives
to- him and to his work.
Other speakers said he was In the
same situation here as was Benjamin
Franklin when the latter was in mon
archical France representing the Amer!-
can Revolution. Eastman said the
French treated Franklin with scrupulous
courtesy and regard for international
law. He also reminded his hearers that
a man named Denny had been indicted
In Philadelphia in the early part OF the
last century for bringing into contempt
the principle Of revolution"
Joseph Larkin told the audience that
there were 10000 organized Irish work
! men IN close official. financial support
and In actual contact with the Soviet
Government in Russia. He advised his
hearers ito march to the docks and de-
| mand ships to take them to the only
| country where the worker can live
Russia Il p rr
The Russian speaker was N. sto-
kolski. secretary and translator Of the
Russian Socialist party In the United
states. A man at the press table who
knew Russian. said after the meeting
THAT his speech. which got the biggest
hand of the evening until the episode OF
the arrest. was merely a lot of George
|,Cohan nag gags. with the Soviet in the
place of the Red, White and Blue.
" The man arrested was booked at the
East Twenty-second street police sta
ton as Joseph Laskin, 80 East Thir-
| teenth street charged with disorderly
| conduct In interfering with an ofYicer.
His woman companion was not arrested,
| being. merely escorted from the hall.
Once when Laskin was being taken out
he got away from the policemen and
made a short dash into the audience.
|
was quickly recaptured. Under Capt
Post there were 100 uniformed patrol
men about the house with a mounted
reserve, nearby. The audience was
| sprinkled with plain clothes men and
agepts, of the Department Of Justice and
ttiaf I.usk committee took notes Of the
speecheA
Vendors DO Brisk Trade.
About the outskirts Of the crowd
vendors did a brisk business In the
| publications of the speakers and organ.
isers of the meeting. such as Comrade
! Reeds paper. the Communist: his book
i''ren Days That Shook the World. The
| Rebel Worker" and Lenine's letter "a
the American workingman.
Meanwhile the Lusk committee
agents are going on with the exanina-
ton of the papers of the Soviet Bureau.
In the possession of which they have
been confirmed by the refusal of Magis-
trate Brough to invalidate his search
warrant which permitted the State po-
lice and the representatives of the COM
mittee to raid the bureau. II was
learned to-day. however. that such OF
| the papers as the committee found moi
! to be relevant to the subject OF their
inquiry have been returned to the Soviet
Bureau.
1t is possible that the principals OF
the bureau will not be permitted tc
testify before the committee lest the,
gain an immunity which might protect
Them from prosecution In case evidences
warranting It is later developed
Whether such an appearance would Civ,
them immunity from deportation is 9
subject upon which the lawyers of the
committee are reported to be still un
certain.
Nothing 30 far, It was stated authori
tatively to-day. has been uncovered Of
a nature to make criminal procedur,
seem likely. A considerable clerical and
translating force Is steadily at work II
the offices Of the committee In the Primo,
George Hotel and a staff OF Investigator
Is believed to be In the field checking VI
the leads which are uncovered through
examination OF the bureaus fles Con
ferences are also being held with repre-
sentatives OF the other agencies which
have information with regard to radica
activity. especially Russian radicalism.
Attorney General Newton and Chair
man Lusk OF the committee were out o!
town yesterday and their subordinates
refused to talk OF the work that they ar,
doing or to give any intlmation OF wha
leads have been uncovered since the las
hearing.
WOULD EXTEND IT'S WORK.