Baxter Springs news., 1919-06-06
|LEN|NE MAY
Be involved
IN PLDTTINGS
Close Watch Is Kept in Gotham on
Headquarters Of Russian
Crowd
PLENTY OF MONEY
BACK OF CROWD
Highly Paid Agents Are Being Used
to Spread Agitation
Z f Here
(By Universal service)

New York, June 3.-Close watch Of
reds and persons suspected by secret
service men of being reds Is the only
thing that has thus far prevented an
expected outbreak.of violence through
out this city, it was declared today.
The headquarters Of that branch Of
the bolshevists in the United States
whose slogan is "direct action" rath-
er than slow propaganda, is known to
be located here and it is also known
that while ordinary forms of propa-
ganda through distribution Of litera-
ture and personal talk are by no
means omitted, plans for widespread
violence and murder are believed to
have been carefully laid. Opportunity
to put the plans into effect has been
the only thing lacking, according to
officers of the secret service.
From Lenine's Teachings
The whole program credited to the
combination of bolshevists, anarchists
and socialists is predicted, according
to government operatives, upon the
theory that labor and capital have
nothing in common. The destruction
Of capital and capitSiists means the
elevation of labor, the various ants
believe, and they differ only in meth
cd. The more conservative believe
their object can be attained indus
trially-by the starvation of capital.
The s'direct action" contingent, fol-
lowing the teachings Of Lenine and
TrotzlEy, believe in the bomb and the
torch.
The campaign for destruction has
been well financed and well organized
from the start, Investigators claim.
The exact sources of the money have
not been definitely traced, but it is
said to pour in from many parts Of
the world, sent here by bolshevist
leaders who are determined to seize
the reign of government Of the repub-
lie and demonstrate their theories in
a land not impoverished by war.
Highly Paid AgitatOrs
''The United States would be rich
pickings for the fellows whose theory
of government is to grab what they
want and, when that has been used,
grab some more" said a secret serv-
ice mantoday.
"More than $500 highly paid agita-
tors are employed by the bOlshevists
in the United States. These men are
strainiAg every nerve to wreck unions
identified with the American Fedora
ton Of Labor. Every known means
to foment trouble and sow the seeds
of discomfort are employed. The reds
directly control the policy of 265 pc
riOdicals IN the United States"
Outbreak Looked For
The reds propaganda is also helped,
It is said, by misguided persons Of
both sexes whose minds, seeking en-
ployment, have fastened upon the
teachings of the paid agents OF bOl-
shevism. These teachings are repre-
sented as by no means an of a fire
and blood character. Carefully thought
out, to suit the character Of the aud
ience, they exploit every cause for
real or fancied MISUNDERSTANDING
forth bOlshevism as the remedy and
cure-all.
Il was intimated tonight that the
poIice and secret service men are pre-
pared for an outbreak in New York
and fear 1t may take place in the near
future despite all the preventive
measures adopted to frustrate the
plans of the reds. b