Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-07

OF Richter's budget IN a card
game in a Chinaman'S den on
Brouversvliet; an agent sup
posed TO 60 10 Freetown.
Sierra Leone. had been ship
ped by lie Minter 10 Kingston,
Jamaica.
II thought Kingston was on
the West African coast, so I
shipped the comrsde there be-
cause / had no direct boat To
Freetown," lie Minter ex-
planned.
PAPERS DUMPED
Propaganda in Malay Ian
guage, printed in Leningrad
and forwarded 10 lie Minter
for transport 10 Singapore.
had been dumped expeditiously
into the oily waters of
Siberia dock. The Comintern
transport file, which listed the
names of more than 500
vessels, noted the political at
titudeS of their crews, con-
tanned the names of party
members aboard. etc. had
been neglected for weeks.
"You can 60 to the devil"
I told lie Minter. II have a
good mind to ship you of to
Russia. You'd make a good
pick and shovel man for the
tcheka mud-brigades on the
white Sea canal"
lie Minter grew shaky. The
contortions on his Sallow face
showed how he squirmed IN
side.
"Mon dieu, comrade," he
muttered. II am seasoned
fox, but / am stranger In
this beastly northern country.
Wine is prohibitive. Nothing
hut book beer and potatoes. j
am child of the south.
u IldNt tItttuIfItEdDtt fIituuN
along the Mediterranean"
Striking his chest, he con-
cluded dramatically:
II may even go to Spain.
My iife-blood, like yours, be-
longs to the world revolution"
l dispatched lie Minter 10
Marseilles TO assume a minor
function in the Comintern
htifeaH- wlftef1, from 10 Rue
Fauchier. directed Communist
activities on the north
African coast and the near
East.
l selected as my chief as
SiStant, 10 succeed lie Minter,
"A certain lie Marco, French
man M4hae-laatai- heeon4e -rrfy
friend during the French river
strike of 1888. In note sent
10 Maurice Thorez, the leader
of the French Communist
party, l wrote:
II need lie Marco. Please
free him from other work"
ThoreZ replied Immediately:
Dear friend, lie Marco Is
a devil. 1 am glad you are
taking him off my hands.
There are good devils and bad
Le-Maree- good
devil. :,
l found lie Marco a tireiess
worker, but he perfectly fitted
the description of the ghoul
who appears, / believe, IN
Dickens Tale of Two Cities.
JAPANESE
Among the various ennis
SarieS who came TO Antwerp
TO be struggled 10 various
destinations by the maritime
courier system of the Com
intern was a young japanese
whose party name was Hito.
He had come from Moscow.
equipped with proper creden-
ials, and his destination was
Honolulu, Hawaii
How much money have
you?" I asked.
Forty dollars" Hito replied.
mo budget ?"
"Oh, yes. Got budget
hut my travel allowance IL
$40, no more"
1t was difficult order. No
ships sailed directly between
Continental ports and the
Hawaiian Islands. ! decided
10 ship Hito by way of the
United States or Panama.
| had known him since 1882.
He was the son of a well-to-
do merchant in Yokohama. In
1880 his family had sent him
10 study AT the Paris Uni
versity. His fat her had
granted him a liberal monthly
allowance.
While in Paris, Hito fell in
with one of the Comintern
talent scouts who combed the
French and German univer-
sites for Japanese and
Chinese students. As re-
suit, Hito had studied in Mos
COW instead Of Paris. Two
years later, Dimitrov had sent
a. uaGl u0A