The Washington times., 1920-07-13
BO[SHEV|K LEADERS.
! NOT BEWH|SKERED.
Red Headquarters In Berlin
Show Smooth. .Shaven Gen.
tIemen in Control. n
ny FRANK IL. MASON.
International News Service.

BERLIN, July 13.-"Can you spot
when you see one? Do yon
know the earmarks OF the disciples, OF
dictatorship Soft collar
unkempt beard. uncombed. hair. sloueh
hat, soiled linen? n, 50
Let's beard the Russian Bolsheyiks
at their oiciaI Berlin headquarters
Down the Linden. two doors beyond
the old Russian embassy, sealed up
like a mausolepm since 1914, at No
IL Inter den Linden, Is the office OF
Victor Kopp, TO be truly Bolshesik,
ambassador 20 Germany
Climbing the uncarpeted stairs to
the second floor, we epter the waiting
room of the Berlin branch OF Lenine,
Co. II 10 impressive in It's
simplicity! the most pros
letarian who had BEEN bred In asbarn
would feel quite at. home in this bar
rem space. Five chairs. two tables
and a bookless bookcase straggle
about the immanse. room. Picture
less, carpetless, It reminds one OF a
ward political headquarters
the day following elections
A boy wearing an American uni.
form comes up TO >as,
Hello, what are you doing here"
He looks blank. We try Germans.
Are you an AmericanT'- r-Etf -.
"Nein." ''-
Where did you get that uniform7',
Bought it at the postoffice for
65 marks"
DRESSED LIKE A YANk.
We make a notation; our first Boil
shevik has neither slouch hat. soft
collar nor unkempt beard. He Is
dressed as an American soldier with
"E Plurihus Unum" and the American
eagle on his buttons. AS we give him
our cards and ask to see Herr korp
we wonder why the salvage officer at
Coblenz didn't at least remove the
buttons when he sold old uniforms to
the Germans
We are told to wait. Several Rus
slams enter the room. They have nell
ther soft collars nor unScmpt boards.
They are 'smooth-shaven and their old
military coats are buttoned tight at
the throat. They converse III low
tones in Russian. One takes scrap
of paper from his pocket and begins
to write. We hazard guess that he
is a Bolshevik agent writing re-
port. They are called one at time
and disappear through the door that
leads TO Mr.. Kopp's office.
A German business man enters, well
monocle and reads a thick document.
We surmise he has under negotiation
with Moscow a big business deal,
We are ushered into the office of
Mr.. Reich. assistant to Kopp. The
weIl-furnished, comfortable room is
in sharp contrast to the waiting room.
Mr.. Reich has Russian whlskers; he
is a real Bolshevik But they are
well trimmed and show all the marks
Of the daily .caressing of a good bar
Der. The sort of whiskers which
adorn the Mime genuine without sig
nature adj ror cough drops, or vas IT
corn curee
Mr.. Reich is stylishly dressed in
cutaway coat He passes us on to the
Bolshevik ambassador. Mr.. kopp, a
smooth shaven, virile man OF about
forty, just trifie. bald. In his smart,
CLOTHES. well dressed but
not overdressed, he has the appear
ance of a Berlin bank director. He
looks like the type of American. fac,
tory owner who has an apoplectic
stroke every time Bolsheviks are
mentioned.
There is little to appeal to the i'm
agination seeking Bolshevik atmos-
phere at the Berlin soviet embassy.
Let's call on Carl Radek. former
chief of the propaganda section at
Moscow. and n member Of the highest
soviet council. Perhaps 1t Is because
he Is chief propagandist that Radek
believes he should dress like NOV
ing picture Bolshevik. Perhaps he
has Just grown careless because he
has spent so much of his time in
prisons where there was no soap and
but little water
Carl Radek would satisfy the tastes
of the most exacting Bolshevik
hunter. You could pick him out with
out hesitation even were he seated In
room filled with stage anarchists.
Radek's fuzzy brown fringe OF
beard and unkempt haid frame del
icate, almost wornanly face. Piercing
blue eyes greet you from horn
spectacles. He wears an olive flannel
shirt buttoned high at the neck where
the coiled fur lining appears. Soft,
shiny, black leather breeches and
black leather puttees, are very useful
to wear at all times when one never
knows but what he will be clapped
into cold damp prison without
warning, Radek assures me.
HAVE BIBLEs.IN JAIL
Radek produces three COPIES Oh the
Bible from the pockets of the e1eather
breeches. Polish. German. and Eng
lish," he says. mo jailor is so hard
hearted that he would take Bible
away from even a Bolshevik. When
they won't give me anything else to
read I get out my three Bibles and
study the English language by com
pairing the texts, he explains. ..
Here are two members of Russia,s
Supreme Soviet sent out to deal with
the world Manicured. well-groomed
Herr Kopp Is entrusted with arrange
ing credits and closing business trans
actions with the world capitalists;
unkempt Dadek goes into the slums
and agitates the dress OF society
against the, same capitalists. We
suspect that between these extremes
TO deal with people like us, Lenine
has sent out ordinary, plainly-dressed
individuals who look like us.
We can't tell a Bolsheyik by look