The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-07
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Deterding in Back OF
Georgian Plotters

BERLIN, Aug. 6.-The last of tn,
leaders of the counter-revolutionar,
band arrested for forging Tcher
vonetz, Sadathierashvilli, has nov
been released from prison by tn,
German ocial-democrats. In con
nection with the forgery Of Sovie
banknotes with a view to under
mining the Soviet currency, today
"Vossische Zeitung" publishes sens
tional statements of one of the lea
ers of the Georgian counter-revolg
ton Karumdise, who describes him
self as the actual organizer o.
Tchervonetz forgeries to the eXten
of half million roubles.
According to the statement of Kar.
umidse, he had his first interview
with the international finance groul
which had lost it's oil possessions
through the Russian revolution ant
was now prepared to advance money
to secure the freedom of Georgia
towards the end of 1925 in thu
Paris restaurant LA Rue" 1t wa
decided at this meeting to Obtain
German politicians and military me1
for the opening up of the Georgian
war for independence. After British
industrialists had had discussions
with Karumidse in Berlin at the be
ginning of 1925 concerning the for
nation of a circle of internationa
politicians for the struggle agains
Bolshevism, it was decided by thest
Fighters for Georgian freedom
who smelt somewhat penetratingly
of oil, to choose the German Gen
eral Hoffman,, the same who nego
tiated with the Russian delegates al
Brest-Litovsk and distinguished him
self by smashing his fist down OF
the conference table and debating
the notorious peace treaty" to til
Russian representatives. A discu
sion took place in the home of Gel
eral Max Hoffman and number Of
members of the German Reichstae
participated and declared themselves
in agreement with the plans for
war on the Soviet Union.
The decisive conference then took
place in the Hague, of all places
and was attended by the British who
sent the oil King Sir Henry Deterd-
ing, his private secretary and two
other members of the Royal Dutch
Shell Company. General Hoffman,
was of course also present.
Karumidse describes the confer.
ence as follows: "An agreement was
come to about the following ques.
tons: Georgia was to be freed with
the assistance of moderate politi.
clans abroad. 1t was also discussed
how far General Hoffman, might
utilize the assistance of Russian cir
cles. 1t was decided to reject al,
assistance from the side of Russians
who wished to replace Bolshevisl
by a monarchy, as the nationali,
Georgians were opposed to unitarB
government. General Hoffman, ther
prepared his plans and was in.
structed by those present to under.
take the necessary technical prep.
arations." Following upon the con.
ference, negotiations were opened
up with General Wrangel who has
since died, but for various reasons
no agreement was come to with him
In the further course of the nego.
tiations Sir Henry Deterding de
clared that he was only prepared to
contribute sum equal to that lost
by the oil consortium in consequence
of the ten years of Bolshevist rule
in Baku Finally Deterding went to
the U. S. with view to coming to
an agreement with the president of
the Standard Oil Company concern
ing joint action. From this moment
fundamental differences s h owed
themselves in the ranks of the con-
spirators and delayed the action.
Deterding was and is still inter-
ested in his profits in Georgia and
nothing else. He was prepared to
content himself with the autonomy
Of Georgia, because his oil interests
demanded no more. General Hoff-
man, however, wanted to deliver "a
decisive blow against Moscow"
whereas the British conspirators cen
sidered such an undertaking hopI
less. When Hoffman declared th,
he was prepared to act if necessary
without British assistance if only
the financial side of the question
was settled, the conspirators got the
idea of forging Tchervonetz. Ka-
rumidse says about this question:
II accept full responsibility for the
idea and the execution of the for
geries. The idea existed generally
in all anti-Bolshevist circles and all
Russian emigrant tendencies har-
bored it. Sadathierashvilli was only
g. subordinate assistant who repre-
scented Georgian interests in vi
onna."