South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-14
NEWSPAPER MAN
VISITS BOLSHEVIK
HOMES IN BERLIN
Says Soft Collar, Unkempt
Beard, Uncombed Hair are
Characteristic of Reds"

BERLIN, June 13.-Can you spot
bolshevic when you sec one? Do
you know the earmarks Of the disci-
pies OF proletariat dictatorship
Soft collar, unkempt beard, un-
combed hair. SLOUGH hat soiled
linen?
Let's beard the Russian bolshevics
at their official Berlin headquarters.
Down the Linden, two doors beyond
the old Russian embassy sealed I'D
like a mausoleum since 1914, at No.
IL Inter den Linden, is the office
OF Victor Kopp. or rather Comrade
Victor kopp, TO be truly bolshe-
vic, Lenine's ambassador TO Ger
many.
Climbs Stairs.
Climbing the uncarpeted stairs 10
the second floor. we enter the wait
ing room Of the Berlin branch or
Lenine, Trotsky and company. II
IS impressive in it's bolshevic sim
plicity; the most proletarian who
had been bred in a barn would feel
quite at home in this barren space
Five chairs. two tables and a book
less bookcase strange about the i'm
mense room. Pictureless. carpetIess.
II reminds one Of a deserted ward
political headquarters OF the day
following elections
A boy wearing an American uni
form comes up TO US.
Hello, what are you doing here 30
He looks blank. We try German,
Are you an American"
Where did you get that uni
form ?"
Bought it at the postoffice for
IS marks"
We make a notation; our first
1 bolshevic has neither SLOUGH hat,
soft collar nor unkempt beard. He
is dressed as an American soldier.
with "E. Purdue Unum" and the
American eagle on his buttons. AS
we give him our cards and ask TO
see Herr Kopp we wonder why the
salvage officer at COblenz didn't at
least remove the buttons when he
sold old uniforms TO the Germans
Russians Enter.
We are told TO wait. Several Rur-
slams enter the room. They have
neither soft collars nor unkempt
boards. They are smooth shaver
and their old military coats are but
I toned tight at the throat. They
/ converse in low tones in Russian.
one takes a scrap of paper from his
pocket and begins TO write we
hazard a guess that he is a bolshe-
vic agent writing q report. They
are called one at a time and dis
appear through the door that leads
/ 10 Mr. Kopp's office.
A German business man enters
well dressed and prosperous. He
adjusts a monoCle and reads a thick
document We surmise he has un-
der negotiation with Moscow a big
| business deal.
We are ushered into the office OF
AR Reich. assistant 70 Kopp. The
we'll furnished. comfortable room -
| in sharp contrast 10 tho waiting
room. Mr. Reich has Russian
whiskers. he Is a real bolshevic.
/ But they are well trimmed and
show all the marks of the dairy
I Caressing of a good barber. Tn.
| sort OF whiskcrs which adorn the
I None genuine without signature
Y ad" Tor cough drops, or was it
/ corn cure
Dressed Stylish.
Mr.. Reich is stylishly dressed in
I a Cutaway coat. He passes us on 70
u the bolshevic am basSador. Mr.. Kopp.
a smoOth-Shaven, virile man Of
about 40. just a trihe bald. In his
/ smart. up-to-date clothes. well
.
\ the appearance of a Berlin bank d.
+ rector. He looks like the type OF
I American factory owner who has an
\ apoplepiC stroke every time boil
I shevics are mentioned
There is little 10 appeal 10 the
! imagination seeking bolshevic at
| mosphere at the Berlin Soviet en-
/ bassy
Let's call on Carl Radek. former
chief OF the propaganda section at
I Moscow. and a member OF the high
I est soviet council. Perhaps IL -
/ because he Is chief propagandist that
I Radek believes he should dress like
"a moving picture bolshevic. Perhaps
\ ne has Just grown careless because
\ he has spent so much OF his time
\ in prisons where there was 70 soap
\ and hut little water.
\ Carl Radek would satisfy the
\ tastes OF the most eNacting bolshe-
I vic hunter. You could pick him
I out without hesitation even were ne
| seated in a room filled with stage
/ anarchists.
Radek's fuzzy brown fringe OF a
beard and unkempt hair frame a