Evening star., 1919-03-08
RUSSIA ONE-TENTH
LOYAL TOFANAT|CS.
SAYS MR.. FRANCIS
American Ambassador Tells
Senate Committee of BoI-
SheviSt Acts.
LEN!N GERMAN AGENT: -
AIDED BY MONARCHISTS
Returned Envoy Was Threatened
by Anarchists; Explains
Kerensky Defeat.

by Anarchists; Explains
Kerensky Defeat.
The bolsheyik government in Russia
represents not more than 10 per cent
of the entire $4,000, 900 people, Am.
hassador Francis, who represented the
interests of the United States in Rus
sia during the revolution, told the Sen.
ate committee Investigating propa-
ganda today.
Ambassador Francis pictured Lenin
and Trotsky as fanatics. He declared
he believed Lenin was a German
agent from the start. although Lenin
was more anxious to bring about .
world revolution than to serve Ger
many. Trotsky he described as az
adventurer. largely under the infiu.
ence OF Lenir.
Undermined Kerensky.
The kerensky provisional govern.
ment. organized Immediately upon the
overthrow of the empire, Ambassador
Francis declared. was democratic
government with aims largely like
those OF the government of tie
United States.
He told the committee that the boil
sheviki had endeavored to undermine
the Kerensky government from the
outset, and that in this purpose theJ
were aided by the imperialists, whs
desired the return of the monarchy
and who believed that the quickest
way to bring this about was to sup.
port the bolshevists.
Ambassador Francis described il
graphic manner for the committee the
flight of the diplomats from Vologds
to Archangel and the coup detail
whereby the representative govern.
mcnt at Archangel was kidnapped.
and then brought back largely
through his own insistence to Arch.
angel.
Ambassador Francis told the COM
mittee- thai he would have been IN
Russia today II 1T had not been for
an sailment for which he was forced
to undergo q, surgical operation He
said that Ne never felt any fear whtls
he was il RubsiA, although somettmea
he wcndef9 tliHx hs did not His heh
: e $50 g. fspr tin'ss fhrsaisasa q
Mr. Francis declared that the sres4
mistake the Kerensky goyernn1eu3
lad made was in putting on the elees
tion Of national assembly too long
In the meantime. he said. the bofshe-
Wiki had succeeded in gaining an up.
per hand.
oliver M. Sayler Testifes.
oliver NJ. Sayler, dramatic editor OF
the Indianapolis News. was the FIRST
witness today. He told the commit
tee of his experience in Russia dur
ing the Holshevik revolution. he
was in Moscow when the Brest-L-
tovsk treaty waA signed He said he
went to Russia on ''his own" to see
what was going on.
He was asked what he saw in Rus
sia. Mr.. Sayler declared that he
was utterly opposed to boishevism.
Ambassador to Russia Franc1s went
on the stand a little later. Mr
Francis was appointed ambassador
in March. 1916. He said he was in
structed to negotiate a new CONNER
cial treaty with Russia
mo more treaties" he was told oJ
the Russian officials, until the reia-
tions with our allies are estahitsneu-
Mr., Francis said he was presented
to the czar and members OF the roya
family, but saw little of them
Shortly afterward. he said, treaty
with Japan was published.
II went to the foreign offfce, he
said. "and called their attention II
this. but was told that what wa
meant when ] first saw them was tnas
no more commercial treaties were te
be made for the time.
German Spies Everywhere.
Mr. Francis saw that Germany had
a strong foothold in Russia ana thn
cd R<
trv. even in the military estaolish'
ment.
He said the Germans controlled TIVE
or three big banks in Petrograo aho
all of the chemical industry IN rus
sia. The Germans still continued u
control the chemical industry IN pai5
even after the war began
Mr.. Francis said he represented
stria-Hungary for a time also
while he was in Russia, ana that he
was in a position to observe wnai
interests the Germans still con.
trolled in Russia
"If this war had been postponed hV
wears" he said. Germany would haW
had such a foothold that she could mol
have been dislodged."
Mr.. Francis said he found deplor,
able situation, in which the loyalty ol
the empress was questioned.
CONSEQUENTLY L was delighted whe1
the first revolution took place" said
Mr.. Francis
He described the beginning of thu
revolution and the fighting in thu
capitaI. He said the revolutionists at.
tackled and the soldiers sent againsi
them Joined the revolution.
81 was pleased at that he said.
was tired of the empire. On March II
the emperor abdicated."
Considered Government Stable.
Mr.. Francis said he inquired into tn,
stability of the revolutionary govern,
ment. and that he was convinced II
would last. He said he then cabled Il
this country recommending that he b
permitted to recognize the new govs
ernment His cable reached the StaN
Department March 90. and on the 22t
he received a reply asserting to his
proposal
ment Immediately, with all the for
mality that / could" said Mr.. Francis.
A few days later the United States
entered the war and he was instruct
ed no longer to represent Austria
IT did not establish any relations
with the bolshevik government, which
came into power in November, and
always recommended to my govern
ment not to do so." continued Mr 4
Francis. II had no deali2gs with the
soviet government
When the date for the Russian as.
sembly rolled around, he said. the
bolsheviks were in power and tM
officials of the provisional govern
ment were all in prison except kers