Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-11-07
SEEK OVERTHROW
OF GOVERNMENT
Russian B0lsheviki Strike at the
United States Through
Propaganda.
REDS PLAN BIG REVOLUTION
Avail Themselves Of Every opportun.
ity to Bring About the Foreible
coN;afall Of the American
SXstem Of Government.

Washington. Nov. 6.--The Russian
bolsheviki "have availed tilsca:slyes
of every opportunity to initiate In the
United States a propaganda aimed to
bring about the forcible overthrow OF
our present form of government
Chairman Wadsworth of the senate
military committee has been informed
by Assistant Secretary Phillips in a
letter mede public at the state de-
partment.
Mr.. Phillips said the bolsheviki had
at their disposal a huge sum of gold,l
made up partly of the Russian gold
reserve and partly Of money secured
from sRoumania.
II was important. he Said. to pre-
vent trade relations with soviet RUE
STA in order to keep this gold from
coming TO America TO be used for the
promotion OF revolt against the gov4
ernment
Mr.. Phillips wrote In reply to Sem
ator Wadsworth, who had askeS why
the administration had adopted a poll
Icy of norintercourse with that part
of Russia controlled by the bolshevilkl.
His letter In part follows:
In reply to your letter of October
20, 1919. concerning the so-called
blockade of Petrograd, beg 20 inform
you that, so far as the United States
is concerned, no blockade exists. II
IL the present policy of this govern
inent however, to refuse export IL
censes for shipments to Russian ter.
ritory under bolshevik control and tc
refuse clearance papers to American
vessels seeking departure for Petro-
grad, the only remaining bolsheviki
port. AS you are aware, these meas
ures cannot be continued after the rat
itication of peace unless there Is new
Legislation.
"1'he policy of nonintercourse with
territory under bolshevik control Is
based chiefly on two considerations.
II Is the declared PURPOSE of the boi-
sheviki In RussiG 10 carry revolution
throughout the world. They have
avaIled themselves of every opportun-
fly to Initiate in the United States a
propaganda aimed to bring about the
foFcIble overthrow of our present form
of government. They have at their
disposition in Russia a large guam
tlty of gold. being partly reserve oe
gold belonging to the Roumanian gov
ernment which was stored In Moscow
for safe keeping at the time of the
German advance into RoumanIa. 1t
is considered important that the boil
sheyild should not be given the means
through commercial transaction to
bring this gold into the United States.
where it could be used to sustain prop
aganda of violence and unrea-
son.
"The second consideration rtaated
10 the control which the bolshevki ex-
ercise over the distribution of neces-
stiles. All foreign trade has been 'nfi-
tIonalzed.' This means that there
can be no dealing except with the boil
shevik authorities Moreover, since
the fall of 1918 the bolsheviki have
maintained a system of dlscrlmina-
tion in the distribution of food The
population is divided into categories
along 0ccupational and class lines and
receives food. so far as food may he
available, i'm accordance with a scale
which is adjusted with view 20 the
maintenance of the bolsheviki In pow
er and the fulfllment df their program
for the extinction of the middle
classes"