The Washington times., 1921-02-14
$5,O00,000[0ANED
T0L|bER|A BY US.
Hearst Suit Serves to Reveal
Advance Made, Though Ma
ton Was Not Ally.

NEW YORK. Feb. 14.-William
Randolph Hearts suit to restrain
further treasury payments to various
foreign governments. including ad-
vances to the so-called Russian en-
bassy, headed by Boris Bakhmeteff,
aroused interested comment in we'll
informed circles today.
Stress was placed on the advance
of almost $4,000 900 to Liberia. State
department records disclosed In the
last fortnight that this amount repre-
sents the expenses OF the Liberian
delegation to the Peace Conference,
and was therefore entirely outside
the iatent OF Congress in appropriat-
ing FUNDS for loans to Americas
allies for war purposes. Liberia
never took Fart in the war and de-
clared peace with Germany before
Congress passed the loan resolution.
WANTED LEAGUE VOTE.
The charge was recently made at
Paris and Geneva, headquarters OF the
League of Nations, that the Wilson
Administration financed the Liberian
delegation for the sake OF its vote in
the League of Nations assembly. A
similar motive was ascribed to the
advances to CZecho-Slovakia, which
was not a nation until set up by the
Peace Conference. and consequently
was not an silly of the United States
in the war.
The Wilson administration, prior to
making this loan. sent President
Masaryk. of Czecho-Slovakia, on a
tour OF this country. Principally to
Bohemian centers. 1t was considered
by Democratic politicians that sup
port of President Masaryk would
help to line up the Bohe mian-Ameri-
can vote for the Democrats in the
national election.
1t was an open secret In WASH
ington in 1918 that the State Depart
ment policy toward Russian affairs
was colored with the point Of view of
Czarist emigres.
LANDFIELD WAS ACTIVE.
At that time Professor Jerome B.
Landfield was the State Departments
adviser on Russian affairs. Landheld
had lived In Russia and had married
into the Russian nobility. His wife
was with him in Washington In 1918.
Landfeld's activities since 1918
give an interesting sidelight on the
views which have guided the State
Department in Russian affairs. 1t
illuminates the policy which kept the
the armies OF Kolchak, Denikin,
Yudenitch and Wrangel in so-called
white territory and which continued
long after the kerensky regime had
fallen.
Shortly after he lefs the State De-
partment Landheld came TO New York.
He made his headquaf .ers in the
Woolworth Building, wh ere he had
officers with Baron Korff.N. Although
A. ]. Sack was head of tn, Russian
Information Bureau early in\lele, the
Commercial Bureau of the Russian
Embassy in the Fuller BuiIdinr.
Twenty-third street and Broadway,
advised all inquirers that publicity
was being handled by Baron Korff.
Visitors to the baron's offices found
Landfield active there. He had clerks
and stenographers and prepared news
paper and magazine articles which
extolled Kolchak, then head OF the
"All Russian Government" whiAh
held for a time a fringe Of PacifS
Siberia.
Recently Landneld became one OF
the editors of the Weekly Reyiev.
This publication has presented not
only the views OF Russian Czarist
Emlsres AS to American policy, but n
distinctly anti-progressive, anti-lib-
eral attitude on American affairs.
Files OF New York newspaper,
showed yesterday that Landheld had
been a persistent letter writer. He
devoted letters to defense OF the Den
ikin. Yudenitch and Wrsngel adyen.
lures against Bolsheviki and to at.
tacks on correspondents and writer's
who disagreed with these operations.