New-York tribune., 1919-06-30
Infiammatory Printed Mat
ter in All Foreign Lam
guages Found There, Says
Attorney General Newton
No Evidence of Business
Direct Touch with |. w. W.
and Other Radical Or
CARNATIONS Will Be Shown

Attorney General Charles D. New
declared yesterday that the Soviet Bu-
reau, Of which Ludwig C. A. K Mar
tens is the head, was the clearing
house in the United States for the
forces of destruction in Russia and the
promoters of discomfort in America.
These forces, according to the Attor
ney General, had for their object the
overthrow OF the present form of gov
ernment in the United States and the
substitution of an industrial democ-
racy." The plan, which was supported
by anarchists, |. w. W. and certain
Socialist organizations, was to create
an industrial chaos, which in turn, the
Reds believed, would lead to revolu-
ton.
Zone of the disclosures made by the
committee" said the Attorney General,
"was that Bolshevism, the soviet idea
of government, which is founded upon
the theory that the right to own pri-
vate property should not exist, origi-
mated in the United States. Testimony
given the committee, which was sup
ported by documentary proof, indi-
Gated that Daniel De Leon, an Ameri-
can, was the father Of the soviet form
or government.
On Authority Of Lenine
"No less an authority than Nikolai
Lenine, who with Leon Trotzky directs
the affairs of dismantled Russia, has
stated this fact. One of the witnesses
before the committee produced the
following recognition of De Leon by
Lenne:
".America is a great country, great
in II t,i w.,
developments are possible there. The
American, Daniel De Leon, first formu-
lated the idea of a soviet government,
which grew up in Russia on his idea
Future society will be organized along
soviet lines. There will be soviet
rather than geographical boundaries
for nations
"The deeper the legislative probe
penetrates the problem of radicalism
in this country the more convincing
becomes the proof that the plan to
outrage Russia by the establishment Of
Bolshevism, which is nothing more
than counterpart of the doctrine Of
the ]. W. w.. originated with the radi-
cal element in the United States.
The headquarters of Martens were
found to be the centre of the most vio-
lent radical activity. AS the agent of
Lenine and Trotzky Martens was do
ing effective work. Through his 'cm-
bassy' the radicals of the country were
kept in touch with the radicals in Rus
sia kind of cooperative organza
tion between the forces of destruction
in Russia and the promoters of dis
content in America was maintained
through these headquarters.
lnflammatory Printed Matter
"a large portion of printed matter
found in the offices of the bureau was
of inf1ammatory charter, drafted for
distribution among the foreign element
in the United States. Printed in Ital-
ian, Hungarian, Swedish, Spanish, Bull
garian. Yaddish and German, these
pamphlets were sent broadcast for the
purpose of creating discomfort among
the elements in America which are
most susceptible to radical influences
This bureau, in cooperation with rad
ical organizations like thesI w. W.,
also carried on continuous propa-
ganda and agitation through a we'll or
ganized press. The cooperating or
carnations had trained agitators work
ing among trade unions in the inter
ests of radicalism
The seizure of the documents in this
alleged embassy undoubtedly will have
the effect of severing the direct con-
nection between the Bolsheviki in Rus
sia and their coworkers in America
1t will also check the widespread dis
tribution of literature glorying in the
Red domination of Russia and exhort-
ing the working classes in America to
organize for the purpose Of harassinc
the industrial institutions of this coun-
try. In addition the leads discovcrcd
in this bureau will enable the commit.
tee to turn the light upon practically
every phase of Red activity in Amer,
ica."