The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-11-07
PLAN OVERTHROW OF
THE UNITED STATES
Boshevists Sending Money to This
Country to Promote Anarchy
and Rebellion.

solshevists Sending Money to This
Country to Promote Anarchy
and Rebellion.
Washington Nov. 1.-The Russian
Bolsheyiki have availed themselves !
OF every opportunity TO. initiate in the
United States a propaganda aimed 10
bring about the forcible overthrow OF
our present form OF government
the Senate military committee has
been informed by Assistant Secretary
Phillips in a letter made public today
AT the state department.
The Bosheyik, Mr., Phillips said,
have at their disposal large quanti-j
ties of gold partly a revenue of the
former Russian government and part
ly a reserve belonging to. the Ruman-l
ian government. and Il is considered
important not to give the means
through commercial transactions to
bring this gold into the United States
where it could be used to sustain
their propaganda of violence and un.
reason"
Mr.. Phillips wrote in reply to Sen
ator Wadsworth, who had asked why
the administration had adopted
policy of non-ntercourse with tat
part of Russia controlled by the SOL
sheyiki. His letter said in part
IN reply to your letter to October
20, 1918, concerning the so-called
blockade of Petrograd | beg TO in
form you that so far as the United
States is concerned no blockcade eX-
lists, 1t is the present policy OF this
government, however. TO refuse OK
port licenses for shipments TO Rus
sian territory under BolsheYik control
and to, refuse clearance papers to
American vessels seeking 10 depart
for Petrograd, the only remaining
Bolsheyik bort As you are aware
these measures cannot be continued
after the ratification of peace unless
there is new legislation.
The policy of non-ntercourse with
territory under Bolshevik control is
based chiefly on two considerations
1t is the declared purpose of the Boil
sheviki in Russia to carry revolution
! throughout the world. They were
ayailed themselves of every oppor-
( tunity to initiate in the United States
propaganda aimed to bring about
/ the forcible overthrow of our pres
ent form Of government. They have
at their disposition in Russia a laree
quantity of gold being partly a re-
serve of gold belonging to the kumaA
ian government which was stored in
Moscow for safe keeping at the time
OF the German advance into Rumania
II is considered important that the
BolsheYiki should not be given the
means through commercial transac-
don to bring this gold into the United
States where it could be used to sus.
tain their propaganda OF violence and
unreason.
! THE second consideration related
to the control which the Bolsheyiki
I exercise over The distribution OF nee
essities. All foreign trade has been
mathematical This means that there
can be no dealing except with the
+, Bolshevik authorities. Moreover
since the fall Of 1918 the Bolsheviki
have maintained system of discrim-
ination in the distributions of food.
The population is divided into cate
gories along occupational and class
lines ana receives food so far as food
may be available, in accordance with
a scale which is adjusted with view
10 the maintenance of the Bolshevibli
in power and the fulfiIlment OF their
program for the extinction of the mid
die classes. The rations given to
members OF the Red army is estimai-
ed in the official Bosheviki gazette
of February 6, 1919, to be three times
the average for the several categories
of the civil population. i has seemed
altogether madmissible that food and
other necessities of American origin
should be allowed to become the
means OF sustaining such program
Of political oppression.