The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-01-27

Seized Documents Disclose Plans
Are Projected for Organ
lied Murder.
new TACTICS ARE ADOPTED
Asitators Are Fattenins on ProIetari.
an Funds. Some of Which Ema-
nate Directly From Bolshevik
Russia-Plots Disclosed,

Berlin.-COmmunists Of a dangerous
type are afOOt in Germany. Their
plots for the winter are coming to
light. These range from mild dem
onstratiOns to organized murder. And,
while leaders are innOcently declaring
that the intentions Of both independ-
ent socialists and communists are
peaceful. the government is constantly
rounding up documents proving that at
least among certain groups of COM
munists there exist plans of the blood
lest nature
Government disclosures leave little
room for doubt that some of the wilder
spirits among the Spartacans proposed
to form q murderbund that would do
away with political opponents.
Dire Work Projected.
For instance, Munich newspapers.
Prussian Minister-President HirSch
and the military are authority for rev.
elations in the closing days Of Sep
TENDER. showing that among other
things. the Spartacists planned the
following:
(a) To do away with a large num-
Der of officers and soldiers in Munich,
Staying them as they slept; (b) that a
group Of reds from Munich proposed
to blacklist number Of prominent Of
| flcials, draw lots, and then put away"
the condemned; (c) that. particularly
in Munich. plans were afoot for crea-
| ton Of red "shock troops" to use
against the regular military-partic.
ulariy against mOnarchist officers; (d)
that, In cases Of demonstrations. wom-
en- and children were to be put in the
fore ranks to shield the towards be-
hind from the machine guns of the
| government troops; (e) that the COM
munist government should ally itself
with the anarchist-syndicalist groups.
All evidence at hand in the last few
weeks has shown quite cOncluSively
that the Spartacists and the independ-
ents were endeavoring to prove con.
clusiveIy to Germany and to the world
that they had moderated. Certainly,
In general. they adopted new course
of tactics from that pursued last win
ter and spring, when rioting and blood.
shed were the order Of the day. Their
| new course appeared to consist in TO-
mentation Of strikes and other intern
! al troubles with view to embarrass-
ing the government and hampering the
national life that the existing regime
would be overthrown. Now. however,
the evidence of the government con-
tanned in documents seized from i'm
pr;Soned SpartacistS shows that where
as sabotage and kindred weapons
were probably favored by the bulk of
the communists, there was another
group that believed in direct action"
of the worst sort.
The murder of Government Inspector
BIau In August led the government to
probe even more deeply than before
into the secret workings of the COM
munist group.
Many Arrests Made.
This general investigation led to a
number Of arrests. including the haul
at Halle. wherein about a dozen Of very
radical stripe were captured. 1t also
proved to the governments satisfac-
ton that Blau was killed by reds.
Munich continues to he a fruitful
source Of communist agitation. Some
Of the reddest of the reds have their
Headquarters there. From these head
quarters issue secret orders which ev-
cry now and then fall into government
hands and prove that not only are
these agitatOrs willing to harm, and
even halt. the national industrial life
hut have no really sincere desire to
benefit the labOring man.
Instead, ii has been shown the agi'
tatOrs are fattening on proletariar
I.funds. some of which emHrate directly
from bolshevik Russia and others OF
which are. collected from the "breth
rem" in Germany, Austria and Czecho
SlOvakia.
Part of the program of these agita
tors is to give their course an air OF
responsibility by recruiting intellect
uals."