The Bozeman courier., 1924-05-21
MONTANA

no bones about telling me he was one
OF many agents of the Moscow gov
ernment in Mexico, regularly employ.
ed and we'll paid. Russia, in seeking
recognition of foreign governments,
lays a great deal of stress upon the
claim that the soviet government
should not be confused with the Third
Observation-Disclosures the Third Inter
natlonale does the soviet govern
ment of Russia can not be held ac-
countable for. But the personnel of
the two are the same, and anyone VINO
knows anything at all about either
is aware that the difference between
them is sham and a pretense.
United States Elections
We've got this country, now," this
agent of Moscow told me, referring
to Mexico. 'It's only a question of
time, and maybe the time is not 50
remote, either, when we'll have the
same control, in effect, across the
Rio Grande. We're going into the
elections this year in the United
States for all we're worth. We've got |
to get the right sort of representa- |
tives elected to Congress-"
This was in March, 1922, remember
"a congressional election year.
"Our campaign is in the western
states" ne said, where We can WORK
on the farmers as well as on the in
dustrial workers. Montana is an es'
pecially promising state. We are
going to get men into congress, if we
! can, with the courage to show up the
conditions in the government under
the capitalist SYSTEM"
Now, I was not at all familiar with
Montana politics, and Olson's special
mention of Montana carried no speci-
al meaning to me at the time. Had
he mentioned names of prospective
candidates they would have meant
little to me then. Had he mentioned
any other state than Montana, It
would have had as much meaning to
me then. But the point is, he did
, mention Montana particularly, and
the significance of that statement be-
comes vivid in the light of a proph-
ecy now bearing the appearance OF
, having been realized.
Olson told me there already were
! a number Of men in the American
congress favorable to "the cause
, that whenever and wherever pOssibl.
"the cause" was being carried into
, the American labor organizations, the
: pacifst groups, the universities, the
! women's clubs, the churches and the
= schools; that a great fund was avail
! able for the promotion of "the revOlu
ton" among the youth of the natiol
and for the conduct of schools fo
= spreading the communist doctrin'
among children; that the program o
! operation was of Russian origin, an'
\ that the financial support for it cam
in a large measure from Moscow.
Now, ! could tell you lot abou
my personal experiences in Mexico
- of personal views of revolutionar
E outbreaks, Of conditions prevailing l
, this land of chaos, but adventures o
- travellers in Mexico are more or les
D passe. I've told what is of presen
is importance-these prophetic confid
ences of my communist friend, Olsol
- alias Smith, alias Redfern.
:, Recollection Clear
{. There was not, as l have said,
Y, newspaper market for my story
le Olson two years ago, but, nevertht
1T less, l did not forget the stOr!
Of Events of the last few months, yer
e. flying the prophesy of it, have recalle
n it vividly to mind, and my recOllectio
is of it is quite clear, assure you.
10. , trip to Russia last year by group
"a. United States senators as guests
ed the soviet government, recalled the;
nj predictions of Olson's and his asse
nd tions about the tactics of the Russia
=. government, its policies toward fO
us eign governments-direct and ind
Id, rect, open and covert. And the
al these invitations, with two Montal
,r- senators as outstanding figures
nd Montana.
Ie, Montana had been the one sta
IN Olson singled out and named!
IRE A little more than month ago
-ta was out in Montana. How / ma
ne pened to be there, I'll tell you in Il
nd next article. It's a long story.
he was travelling on a train on t
ms. 18th of March, st. Patrick's day,
m think it was-traveling from Billin
of to Helena. At Livingston, Clare FIJI
the publisher of the Livingston Ent'
prise, democratic paper, got on
the train and travelling companion