Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
By Il. r. KOsPOTH
c....s,ondent Of the Evening Public Ledger
SorfeS'o IN Switzerland

ro,,r;oht. 1870, bp Public Lcdocr Co.
Geneva. March SIT will be remem-
,,rcd that Karl Radek, the Bolshevik
.,n,ssorv who had been delegated by
Ono Moscow soviet to assist the Spar
,ocists in bolshcvizing Germany. was ar
-es,ed BY the Berlin authorities after
,bs communist rising that ended with
,he death of Liebknecht and Rosa Lux
.mburg. He was kept close prisoner
I, the Moabit penitentiary during many
rontbs, without ever being brought to
trial. Suddenly, about six weeks ago,
he was released, ostensibly in compii-
snce with protests from Moscow and in
order to be deported to Russia.
Soon after his release series Of
sensational articles were published in
snartakus, the leading organ Of the
snartacist party. They were signed
"Arnold Struthahn, and their general
nurport was that the Spartacists should
,dopt more conciliatory policy to-
xard the Scheidcmann Socialists and
,efrain from revolutionary coups. which
rere doomed to failure. the time not
vet being ripe for a prolctarian revolt
In Germany.
Radek Stirring Up Bogy
This spartacus campaign caused
good deal Of dissension among the
Spartacists and almost led TO party
,nlit. Now "Arnold Struthahn" IL no.
hody else but Karl Radek himself. who
was never deported, but let out oil
orisou and allowed to remain in Berlin
,n condition that he would exert him
s.lf to parolyze the activities Of The
spartacists.
Whenever Germany wants to obta in
concessions from the Allies and to clude
the terms of the Versailles treaty. re-
ports of imminent SportacistS risings
ind the discovery Of communist plots in
various German cities are diligently
,pread by the Wolff Agency ana the
government press. These reports are
manufactured by the so called "bureau
for military information, whose head.
quarters are in the Moabit Criminal
Court in Berlin. and whose chiefs are
Captain Won Rost and Lieutenant Won
Minchwitz. both officers Of the "Reichs-
wehr." They have under their orders
more than 1000 agents, and the Office
costs the bankrupt Berlin government
many millions each month.
The aim of this institution in spread
Ing exaggerated stories about SpartaciSt
activities Is threcfold To strengthen the
monarchist movement in Germany by
frightening the public. to bluff the Allies
with the bogy OF bolshevism and to en- =
SoutakE t.ata rn,,ee n,rntr;ss hr ali thnu,
belcyc that German communism Is about
10 triumph.
raise report rrussian coup
The bureaus information" fire.
euently finds its way, through Wolf
and the German newspapers, into the
neutral and allied press. Thus, short
time ago, alarming accounts Of q great
Spertacist outbreak In brunswick were
widely circulated, telling how thousands
OF revolutionary sailors from kiei had
arrived IN the town and proclaimed the
dictatorship OF the proietariat: there
was not word OF truth In TINS tale, and
the woln Agency Nseit was forced 70
resrac, II, usSertins tnh. tne mistake
was due TO the gathering OF a large
epoTa sT ; IN iroht o. % .ne nrums%,ek ,, ran ran
arars "s ,,.ari Ia
There Is abundant evidence proving
that the popular demonstration before
the Reichstag building in Berlin. which
terminated SO tragically, was deliberate
y converted into a spartacist coup
by the Prussian militarists in order tc
impress the Allies on the eve OF thei,
demand Tor the surrender OF the German
war criminals.
"Disarmed Germanvn wa,ts p.ys
"a - sss.,'' -, e'u"s'
~ taniy eeItaih tnat there VIII b,
.oihe more OF less serious communis
SGtUtsSSS, Ss,,osa j. tSase9 tSo cn,eny oy economic
am"t'.si aSIrtsS ~ the Gerhan cities and in
t tus.''at ,I IiSt1Rss in the near lutufe, bul
t' WI pe pihessF suppressed ant
n .ne oou'es oi the viStimS wlll pave th'
' "sS ror 'he triumphant return OF kali
'ersm'
Ihe Volleys iired in front of tn,
Reichstag have demonstrated that "dis
armed Germany has the most ruth
!eSsly reliable army at its disposal tina
's eItant in Europe at the present time
country with an army Of this sort
will never become the prey of bolshe
ViSm, however desperate It's economi,
and financial situation may be. -
The German people is not looLi,.
for salvation to bOlshevism, like go man,
other European nations, but to ka;scr
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