The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-06


months before the Genoa Conference.-The rep
resentative of the Commerce and Industry So
ciety in Paris, Pavel Txton, arrived one day
from Riga. / learned from him that leading
circles of the Russian monarchst emigrants in
the west of the opinion that the only pos
sibility for the continuation of the active strug-
gle was widespread and well organized cam
paign of terrorist acts both inside Russia and
abroad. / thought over the matter and came to
the conclusion that terrorism the only saliva
ton of the struggle and agreed with Tixton.
Txton complained that the matter was very
difficult chiefly because the affair was very
confidential and delicate and one could therefore
speak with hardly anyone about it, for there
were hardly any people who could be trusted
to such an extent. With regard to means, Tx
ton expressed the opinion that for such under
takings, money would always be available. Tx
ton left me an address in Paris and we agreed
to correspond upon the matter. His object in
coming to Finland under the instructions of the
Commerce and Industry Society was to examine
the possibility for terrorist activity.
''When afterwards l went to Warsaw for the
last time and saw that Savinkov's work there
was coming to end, l expressed my opinion
for the first time in the presence of Savinkov
and Derental, that the only possibility for the
continuation of the struggle was terrorism and
suggested that Savinkov should take the mat
ter up as he had had experience in just such
that
he would decide to organize such an action
money for the purpose could be obtained from
the Comrade and Industry Society in Paris
Il afterwards met Savinkov in Paris and
learned that up to then he mad been able to do
nothing with regard to the organization of ter
rorism. l also met Tixton who declared that
having regard to the coming conference in Cen
GA it would be particularly interesting to organ
ize acts of terrorism, and he would provide nee
eSSarV means. TiXtOD told mo that he had roada
the acquaintance of inventor who had in
vented very interesting little mechanism. By
means of this invention, the lighting of cigar
cite would release notwithstanding the small
size OF the apparatus poison gas sufficient to
kill everyone in the room He said that he was
very Interested in the invention and intended
to be present at an experiment with it on the
following day and he invited me to accompany
him which l agreed to do"
At this time of active preparation for the carrv-
g out of the terror, in the society of Elvengren.
lie Englishman Tixton and the honorable Naptha
ldustrallsts there an experienced terrorist who
as used in the Lockhart conspiracy and in a series
murders, the member of the British Secret Ser
ice, Captain Sidney George Reilly mentioned in
lie report of the Soviet government. Reilly. who
as informed about the new terrorist organization
i'd not hesitate to go to Paris and took with him
he moral support of the British government and
hat was more important STILL the financial means
rom the British treasury.
The Role of the British Spy Reilly.
Il told Reilly that I had strong organiza-
ton at my disposal in Finland that good con-
nections had been established with Petersburg
and that the action there was developing we'll
l reported about the organization of Zeidler
in Finland which was prepared if necessary to
support st. Petersburg with food and other as
sistance. | also told Reilly about nv participa-
ton IN the Kronstadt rising. At later meetings
with Reilly we discussed the plan for terrorism
which Savinkov, Derenta and myself had come
to Paris to prepare"
In this way the machinery of terrorist consniracv
Inch was regulated and fed by the British agent
ellly, was put into movement
Finally Tixton told me that he had decided
to draw Savinhov into the matter, but that
there could be no question of the sum which had
been mentioned before Zone and half million
trancs), but that money would be supplied ac
cordlng to the success achieved and as first
trial 100000 francs to finance the first action
If we were able to do anything with that sum
we would be able to reckon on more 7 in
formed Savinkov of this who be anne very ex-
cited and declared that he wa no paid mur
derer, etc. We also met Nobel He told rs that
the action interested him from the commercial
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