The New York herald., 1920-01-04

There were no prominent Reds" among
the 9ol perfect cases held by Charles
Scully, Of the Red squad of tho De-
partment Of Justice. in New York. Harry
winitsky, executive secretary OF the or
ganizat ton here, tried to attach some i'm
portance to himself and issued a state
ment attacking the federal agents. He is
under indictment for criminal anarchy
in the State courts and was released when
Il was found he was out in $500 bail
waiting trial. He is n citizen.
Many documents of value in the prose-
cution and deportation Of the radicals
were found in the offices OF Novy Mir. at
No. 113 East Tenth street, by Frank Fran
cisco and James Dunn. The most inter-
esting exhibits found in the files Of the
radical publication were n series of COM
munications from the All Russian Com
mittee OF Soviets. written on onion skin
paper. These letters, which could be
rolled into a small ball, contained in
structions from Russia az TO the policy
OF the papers and regarding the most
approved methods OF spreading revolu-
tionary Topaganda.
One ofsthe letters revealed that sailors
have been used TO keep open the lines Of
communication between the United States
and Soviet Russia. Francisco also discov-
cred that most of the propaganda pamph-
lets and books printed in Russia, which
have been given wide circulation here
were sent by agents of the Bolshevkl in
Stockholm. where the Trotzky government
has a large printing establishment. Lud-
wig a. c. *. Martens, the self-proclaimeo
Soviet Ambassador" has frequently as
serted that Mr. Stror1, a member OF the
Swedish Parliament, is the directing head
of Bolshevist activities in Sweden. Strom
name was mentioned IN many of tho doc
uments.
In addition TO O. ton OF radical literature
the government operatives seized nun
dreds Of copies OF the New Republic IN
the Novy Mir offices Many OF thcm hau
been prepared for mailing The iull mall
ing list OF the Novy Mir, together WIN
tbe hooks and files OF the paper. showed
that many "parlor Bolshovists nave
given large contributions TO pay the cN-
penses OF publication.
2I Women 10 Ellis Island.
In tbe afternoon Mr. Scully started the
delivery 10 Ellis Island OF the rVis' cap
tured in Now York. Among them were
twentv-one women. who boasted OF their
membership in the revolutionary organl1a-
tIon The prisoners were brought from
the various downtown station houses
where they had been detained oVernlght
and were marched aboaru lhc irhly pOoer
flanked by United states coast guards
with fixed bayonets.
For the most part the motley crowd tired
70 make a brave appearance and sang the
Internationale, the battle hymn OF the
Bolsheviki, when entering the Barge Of
flee a cold wind swept up the bay and
as the boat left Manhattan the singing
stopped. for apparently the deportoes re-
allied that a trip 10 Soviet Russia in miG-
winter Is not desirable cruise. Some be-
lieved they were leaving Manhattan for
the last time and tears stood In their eyes
as the immigration buildings on Ellis
island loomed ahead.
Everything was ready for the reception
OF the Reds OH Ellis Island, although
Byron H. Uhi, Acting Commissioner OF
immigration, expressed his dismay at the
great influx of radicals. He said that
the machinery OF the station already had
been strained TO handle tho immigrants
who are arriving on every ship. The
Bolshevists were sent Immediately to the
detention pen. They will have hearings
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