Evening star., 1920-01-10
RED AMBASSADOR"
MARTENS LOCATED
Senate subcommittee Sub
poena Server Finds Him
Taking Tea Here.

Ludwig c. 4. X. Martens. self
styled soviet ambassador to the
United States, for whom Department
of Justice agents and Washington
city detectives have been on the look
out for several days. in order TO ar
rest him in connection with the cir
culation of red propaganda in the
United States, was located last night
by NJ. +. McInerncy. special detective
on the staff of the United States Sen
ate.
McInerney. armed with subpoenas
issued by the Senate subcommitte"
invest igating red activities, for MAJ
tens, and his secretary, >. NuorteNd.
found Martens taking tea with some
friends in the Preston apartments,
street, near 18th
Express. Willingness to Appear.
When the subpoenas were served
on the soviet representatives calling
upon them to appear Monday morn
ing at L o'clock to testify before the
Senate subcommittee both Martens
and Nuorteva expressed Willingness
to appear and give to the United
States senators the true story OF coz
ditions in soviet Russia.
Department of Justice officials to-
day said they have not altered thclr
plans so far as the arrest OF Martens
is concerned They intimated that as
soon as Martens completes his teStl-
mony he will be placed under arrest
and turned over to the immigratlou
authorities. Department officials salH
that the Senate committee member
have been fully acquainted with the
plans TO arrest Martens.
Martens Meets Reporters.
Mr.. Martens met correspondents at
noon today in his suite at the l.afa-
yette Hotel He said that he had been
in Washington about two weeks after
having been notified that commit
tee appointed by the Senate to In
vestigate his activities here had been
formed.
"I do not know of any reason why
| the Department of Justice should
! want to arrest me-" said Mr.. Martens
land | have had no official notinca-
| ton of such plans on their part. MY
work in the United States mas CON
! fined itself strictly to the presenta
| ton of arguments in favor OF the
establishment of friendly relations pc
| tween the United States and Russia'
| and there has been no interference
whatever on my part or on the par
of my bureau in the ihterhdi di"A
of the United States.
.If any such charges are brousht
m II will be found. if i am given 4
| full opportunity to state the tact' that
such charges are based either on Hiis
understanding or on malicious mis-
representation, and j am comment
|
prehensions of this nature
Martens reiterated the fact that ne
| is not a German subject. He declared
! he was born in Russia OF German pai
ents, and, according to the precedents
set by the American government that
! would make him a Russian citizen He
said he hopes the investigation peIore
! the Senate committee will bring out
before the American public the whole
| uncolored truth about Russia
1 Members of the subcommittee. wnlcn
| is headed by Senator Moses of New
HAMPSHIRE, said the examination OF
Martens and Nuorteva would occupy
! several sessions, and that additional
witnesses have not been selected
serves One Subpoena.
When McIrerney. the subpoena
server. called yesterday at the La
lFayette Hotel, where the soviet am :
| bassador'' has rented "A suite of eight
rooms and maintains "A corps of ste
nographers. he served one subpoena
on Nuorteva and asked where he
i could locate Martens.
| He was told Martens could be found
| at the Preston apartments, taking tea
with Lincoln Colcord. Washington
correspondent of New York publi-
cation, according to the story related
by the ''amba ssador's" secretary.
An employe of Martens. a former
| newspaper man named Durant, went
! with MclneTnty III " ehN
| Preston. where Martens was found
and the subpoena served.
Martens Living Here.
Martens is living in Washington.
I though he is not at the Preston" said
Nuorteva today. Last night he was
| invited to take tea with some friends
who live at the Preston. Mrs. Martens
! is not in Washington"
with whom was Mr.. Martens hay
Q .r-1-.
Il don't mind telling you" was the
treply. 1T was Lincoln Colcord, Wash
iington correspondent of a New York
publication"
1--WE made no secret of Mr.. Mar
/! tens presence here, or his where
abouts. Several agents of the Depart
! ment of Justice had been here pre-
viouSly and asked to see him. l told
| them he was not in the hotel and that
! if it was any official matter to state
it to me and 1 would see what could
be done in the matter. But they never
! told me of any official business, SO [
i had no reason to tell them, either.
! But the Senate officer stated what he
wanted, SO we took him up there"
CoIcOrd Leaves for New York.
| A telephone call to the Colcord
apartment brought the information
that Colcord had left last night for
New York and would not be back un-
til tomorrow.