Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-05-21
REED FOUND IN
SOVIET RUSSIA
Communist Long Sought on
Charge of Conspiring Against
United States.
MAKES ESCAPE VIA NORWAY
Lenine Welcomes Him as Envoy From
United States Communist Party
Lived In kremlin as Guest
Of Authorities.

Washington.-Iohn Reed, close
friend of Lenine and Trotzky, who is
under Indictment In Chicago for al.
legged conspiracy to overthrow the
United States government, arrived in
soviet Russia by way of Finland last
December, it is learned. Since his in.
dictment recently federal and Illinois
state agents have been searching for
Reed all over the United States.
On being told of Reeds presence In
Russia-it Is not known yet whether
he has left there-the state depart
ment was interested to learn the chan
mel through which he obtained pass
port. The department is Informed that
he shipped as sailor from an Ameri-
can port to Norway. From there he
travelled on foot to Stockholm. There
he slowed himself away, or was
slowed away, on vessel about to sail
for Helsingfors.
The adventurous Mr.. Reed narrow
ly escaped arrest in Helsingfors, but,
Disgusting himself as a Russian peas
ant, he crossed the frontier into Rus
STA. He was received in Moscow as
the official envoy of the American
Communist party, and as such at
tended the meetings of the third In
ternationale, and made speech at the
All-Russian Soviet convention In the
middle Of December.
Lived at the kremlln.
In Moscow Mr.. Reed lived at the
Kremlin as the guest Of the peoples
commissars.
He was in constant communication
with Lenine and Trotzky, 1t is stated,
and visited the Red army at the front.
Mr.. Reed was in Moscow until the
middle of January. OF that the state
department is quite certain. His re-
ception in Russia was the warmer be-
cause two years ago Trotzky appoint
ed him bolshevist consul general at
New York. Mr.. Reed never assumed
that office, for, as 1t turned out, the
appointment was made to facilitate
his return to the United States.
II would seem that Reed antici-
pated that he would be indicted and so
sought more hOspitable shores. In the
course Of the widespread search for
him as a fugitive from justice man
suspected of being Reed was arrested
near Poughkeepsie, n. Y. This man
proved that he was Harrison B. Ellis.
that he had not been in Chicago for Is
years and had never uttered or written
unpatriotic opinions.
Eighty-Five Indicted.
Eighty-five big and little leaders Of
the Communist party in America were
indicted in Chicago on the same
charge as Reed on January % last.
Among them were Mrs. Rose Pastor
Stokes of New York City, member of
the executive committee Of the Com
munist party; Nicholas j. Hourwitch
of New York city, publisher of Novy
Mir, the most prominent Russian
In the United States, who
formerly employed Leon TrOtzky;
Isaac f. Ferguson, chief counsel for
the party. and Louis e. c. Frame, edi-
tor In chief of all Communist propa-
ganda in this country, who is in Mex
leo. IL Is believed.
The authorities here regard Reed,
although he was graduated from Har-
ward, as one of the most earnest young
in America. Before the |
indictment which hangs over him was |
found, federal and state courts had In
dicted Reed for alleged sedltious ut
and writings. But the indict-
ments were quashed, or, on being tried,
he was acquitted.