The Washington times., 1920-01-06
GERMANS SUPPORT
RED PROPAGANDA
Among RingIeaders In Drive to
Spread Unrest In Allied
,s,' :; Countries. 60
from First .Pase.) J

(Contipued from First 3Fa1e.)
them ALI Born in, Prussia, thirty
light years ago. today rhe1is a. man
oftthe skeenest intellect aeman VIII ose
mind ds described is funotioninS hike
a piece Of steel machinery, and just
as pttilessly." 80. 'f''
It was primarily through him that
the Russian collapse was brought
about making IL possible for the Ger
mans to concentrate all their 'forees
on the Western front in 1918 and de-
liver what was to have been the
crushing blow to the allies. - q
Prior to the Russian revolution
leon Trotsky- and Nicolai Lenip were
IN Switzerland. The German general
stafr having figured out the tremen-
dous possibilities incident TO internal
disorder in Russia and the Russian
irmy's disiptegrStion,, sent for FRITZ
Platten. This 1msn,f acting upon the
direct orders. 1t 10 charged, OF either
Kaiser wilhelm II, himself or of the
German CHIEF Of staH./ Cudendorff.
went to Lenin and Tpotsky 4ud ar
ranged with them for their Sreturn to
Russia iS''"' :
There was but one way for tho
Revolutionistst to regain. Russia, and
that way lay across warning Ger
many. Nevertheless the two Russian
"patrtots' we're given a speeisl train.
and all that copld be- provided for
the comfort of the most z'honored
guests, ample protection 2aAd "a quick
passage from their hiding places In
Switzerfand. ~ - 80 y :
This trio. backed by DR.. Albert Of
German espionage IN American fame,
and others, is the same which flooded
the United states with tncitations to
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American Government "s" q.
That Germany woulc profit i'm
mensely through revolutions In
America. England and France is ad-
II the allied governments retain
their present power, tt isipotnted out
nothing can save GeFnnsay from hav-
ing to pay the war debt'frouSht upon
On the other hand. should the con-
dition Of chaos, civil war, tand revom-
tion be brought about IN allied coun-
tries as now, paralyres RLssia, Ger
many would at once fnd hsrself, hold
ing an advantage over her former
enemies, and the warning of the Ger.
man author OF "J'Accuse!' ('GeY-
many will beat you yet") would
come true. The allies would no
longer be in q position to enforce the
treaty of Versailles, and. at the same
time, their industries would be so
tied UP by strikes and other dtsor-
ders that the Germans. already work
ing from ten to fourteen hours . dav
at reconstruction. would leave them
all far behind.
The Communist Manifesto signed
by RAkovsky. Ler'n, Tro sky; Tn"v
lev. and Fritz Platten at Moscow.
has become the RED B'b'e" in tn 8
country and copies of II were seized
in vast quantities by Federal agents
in their Communist raids. II deffes
the German Karl Marx. and Frederick
EnseIs. and at no pIece does II have
much to say greatly to the discredit
of the Germany of today.
II. as has been charged In France.
Germany is not encouraging the
spread Of Boishevism In allied coun-
tries, officials here agree that she IL
not discourasing IL. Germany. u is
pointed out, has gone through her
attack of BoIshevism, and should tho
entente powers fall prey to the same
political disesHe, Germany would md,
in that period. the moment for her
escape from the wars responsible
ties. BY the time the allies recov-
cred she would be SO far ahead OF the
procession that there would be no
catching up, ard she would again be
in a position to defy the world.
while there Ia no inclination here
to charge official Germany with be-
ing behind the Reds" Of hhe United
states, England and France. there IL
a strong belief that powerful Ger
man ir.fiuences Took with favor"
upon RED" disturbances as sdvants-
geous to their oausA 90