Russia's Bovonfalt Directed By The Kaiser s Staff
9.
I
REVOLT STARTED
ON ORDERS FROM
BERLIN, PROVED
Authentic Document Show Whole Bolihe-iki Movement
Wat Directed From Berlin Soviet Leaders Double
Crow Their Supporters to Obey Germany Huns
Planned to Bar Allied Capital from Russia.
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I1' commissars wu dominated by
the president, Vladimir Ulianov (Le
nine); the then foreign minister; Leon
Trotiky, now war minister; and the
ambassador to Germany, A. Joffe.
The marginal indorsement in writing
is "to the secret department, B. U.'
Thii is the fashion in which Lenine
is accustomed to initial himself. The
English equivalent would be V. U.
for Vladimir Ulianov. So, even if
there existed no further record of
German Imperial bank order No. 7433
here would be proof of its contents,
and herena the link connecting Lenine
directly with his action and his guilt.
The content matter of the circular ex
ists, however, and herewith follows:
Order of the: 2nd of March, 1917,
of the Imperial bank for the repre
sentative of all German banks in
Sweden:
. Ordera to Banks.
"Notice is hereby given that requisi
tion for money for the purpose of
peace propaganda in Russia will be
received trough England. These req
uisitions wilhemanate-from the fol
lowng: Lenlne.'Zinovieff; Kameneff,
Trotiky', Sumcnson; Koilovsky, Kol
lontai, Si vers and Merkalin, accounts
for when. 'have been opened in ac
cordance with our order No. ! 2754 in
the agencies of private German busi
nesses in' Sweden, Norway and Switr
erland. All ! these : requests should
bear one of the two following 'sig
natures: V-Dishau or Milkenberg.
With either of these signatures the
requests of the above mentioned per
, sons should be. complied with without
delay. ''' ' -
7433, Imperial, Bank. . ? .
I have not a copy of this circular
nor a photograph of it, but document
No. 2, next in order, proves' its": au
thenticity at once curiously and abso
lutely.' Particular interest attaches to
this circular 'because of 'Bolshevik
public denial t)f its existence.' It was
one of several German circulars pub
lished in ParU . in the Petit Paris
ienne last winter. The Petrograd
Bolshevik papers proclaimed ' it a
falsehood.' Zalkinda, whose signature
appears : not ', only - here but on the
protocol was an assistant foreign min
uter. He was sent in February: on
a mission outside of Russia., He. was
in Chri8eM4H.'.A$a?when r.
; there. -
" "Have photograph of the letter.
TWumenr Nnmfoer Two.'
(G. G. S., Nashrichten Bureau, sec
- tion R) O , ' '.,
.'. t February 12. ,
; The secret service department has
the honor, to inform you that there
were found ion the arrested Captain
Konshin itwo ' German- .documents
. with notations. and .stamns of the
Petersburg . secret police . (Okrana) ,
which show themselves to be the orr-'
ginal orders of the Imperial bank, No.
7433. March 2. .1917. concerning the
opening of accounts for Messrs. Len-
- c . .T.-..-1 . T.i.W
and other active workers of the peace
propaganda, by order No. 2754, of the
imperial bank." .-.-...
These discoveries show that at the
proper time steps were not' taken to
destroy-the ; above mentioned docu
, ments. I. '.':''
For the head of the department:
R. Bauer,Adjt Bukholm. . .
Note Observe the thoughtfulness
with which .Bauer, a careful man, set
(Ceatlnaed IVeae Tmf
down exactly what was in the docu
ment, thereby permitting the con
tents to arise again from the ashes to
which perhaps he committed the
damaging paper. He admits that the
documents found were truthful ori
ginals. The world will thank him
and Germany wiil not.
I have the original letter. It bears
marginal indorsements "referred to
the commission for fighting counter
revolution. Demanded documents M.
Skripnik," and an illegible comment
by N. Gorbunov, Lcnine's other gov
ernment secretary. The letter is di
rected to Lenine. Did Skripnik get
the documents? I do not know.
The letter , is remarkable otherwise
for the arrested Captain Konshin
mentioned, is a German officer, Lieu
tenant Otto, who appears elsewhere
as an agent in the German double
crossing intrigue in the Ukraine.
What was behind the mystery of his
arrest? What. was his fate?
Document Number Three.
(V. K. D. 3232 inciosures)
Protocol.
This protocol, written by us on the
2nd of November, 1917, in duplicate,
with .'the consent of the council of
People's commissars, is taken from
the department of secret service of
the Petrogud district and the former
department of police (Okrana), on
instructions of the representatives of
the' German general staff in Petro
grad : '
(1) Circular of the German gener
al staff No.' 121, dated 7'ne 9, 1914,
concerning the immediate mobiliza
tion of all industrial enterprises in
Germany, and,
(2) Circular No. 93, dated Novem
ber' 28; 1914, of the general staff of
the High' Sea Fleet, concerning the
sending into enemy countries of spec
ial agents for the destruction of war
supplies and materials.
The above noted circulars were giv
tn over under signed receipt into the
secret service department of the. Ger
man staff in Petersburg.' !
Authorized by 'the .council of "Peo
ple's cornrhissars. .
. . . , . F. Zalkind,
'' V ' ' E. Polivanoff. '
(Illegible but. may be Makanoshin.)
A. J one.
mediately all destruction agents and
observers in those commercial and
military ports in Canada and America
where munitions are being loaded on
ships going to Russia, France and
England. Where there are store
houses of such munitions, and where
fighting units are stationed. It is ne
cessary to hire' through third parties
who stand in no relation to the offi
cial rcoresentatives of Germany-
agents for arranging explosions on
ships bound for enemy countries, and
for arranging delays, embroilments
and difficulties during the loading, dis
patching and unloading of ships. For
this purpose we are especially recom
mending to your attention loaders
gangs, among whom there are many
anarchists and escaped criminals, and
that you get in touch with German
and neutral shipping offices as a
means of observing agents of enemy
countries who are receiving and
shipping the munitions.
Money required for the hiring and
bribing of persons necessary for the
designated purpose will be placed at
your disposal at your request.
Nachrichten bureau of the General
staff of the High Sea Fleet.
Koenig.
Note Both the circulars bear the
penciled notation that the German se
cret service bureau at Fetrograd has
received them, signed Agasfer, the
cipher signature of Major Lubert, head
of the bureau, as will be shown in
document No. S. The German intent
here was to remove from the records
of the old Russian government the
evidence, first, that Germany was be
ginning in June- 1914, its active prep
aration for the war that surprised the
world in August, 1914, and second, to
remove the evidence of its responsi
bility for incendiarism and explosions
in the United States, a country with
which Germany was then at peace.
The result was to give new evidence
of the truth of the charges.
Have original of the protocol and
have the printed circulars.
Document Number Four.
(G. G. S.; Nachrichten)
Bureau section R 35, January 17,
1918.
To the Commissar of foreign affairs:
The section has received exact in
formation that the leaders of the so
cialist party now ruling in Russia,
through Messrs. ' Furstenberg and
Radek, are in correspondence with
Messrs. Scheidemann and Parvus re
garding the destruction of the traces
of the business relations of the party
with 'the imperial government. We
also know that .'this demand was
caused bv' the demand Of leading
groups of German socialists, who saw
in the said communications a danger
to the cause of world socialism. By
order of the staff, I have the honor
to request the submitting of this ques
tion to special discussion in the pres
ence of our staff and Mr. von Schoen
emann. ' '
For the head of the department: ;
ii'n ' ' M. Waal.
' Note -The word penalty, therefore,
was apparent to some German.- '
Of the personalities named in the
letter, Scheidemann; the leader of the
German government supporting wing
of the. socialist party, is the most not
sars: In accordance with the agree
ment which took place in Kronstadt,
in July of the present year, between
officials of our general staff and lead
ers of the Russian revolutionary army
and democracy, Messrs. Lenine, Trot
zky, Raskolnikov and Dybenko, the
Russian division of our general staff
operating in Finland is ordering to
Petrograd officers for the disposal of
the information department of the
staff. At the head of the Petrograd
division will be the following officers,
who use the Russian language per
fectly, and who are acquainted with
Russian conditions:
Major Lubert, cipher signature
Agaster.
Major Von Boelke, cipher signa
ture Schoott.
Major Bayermeister, cipher signa
ture Ber.
Lieut. Hartwig, cipher signature
iHenrich.
The espionage department in ac
cordance with the agreement with
Messrs. Lenine, Trotzky and Zenoieff
will have the surveillance of the for
eign embassies and military missions,
and on the counter-revolutionary
movement and alsd will perform the
espionage and counter-espionage work
on the internal fronts, for which pur
pose agents wilt be assigned to the es
pionage cities. Coincidently, it is an
nounced, that at the disposal of the
government of People's commissars
are assigned consultants to the minis
try of foreign affairs, Mr. von Schoen
emann, and to the ministry of finance,
Mr. von Toll, chief of the Russian
division German general staff; O.
Rausch, Adjutant U. Wolff, (and be
low on the same letter) to the com
missariat on foreign affairs. The of.
ficers indicated in this paper have been
before the military revolutionary
committee and have agreed on condi
tions with Muravieff, Bouk and Dan
ishivig with regard to their mutual
activities.
.They have all come under the di
rection of their committee. The con
sultants will appear as called for.
copy of this protocol were received
on the 3d of November,, 1917, by the
Chairman military revolutionary com
mittee, council of workers and sol
diers deputies, A. Joffe, secretary; P.
Krushavitch.
Note Here is the working com
pact. If. Rausch was then in Berlin
he presumably came immediately af
terward to Petrograd. It is more
probable that the letter was written
in Finland than Berlin. In some other
letterheads on which Berlin, is printed
the word is run through with a pen.
Stationery was hard to get in Petro
grad. Major Lubert became the head
of the information or intelligence bu
reau (Nachrichten bureau), Kronstadt
was the midsummer headquarters of
Lenine. Raskolnikoff will be referred
to in connection with the project to
sell the Russian fleet to .Germany.
Dybenko was the commissar of the
fleet, the naval minister, a driving
man and keen witted. Zinovieff is
the oresident of the Petrograd soviet.
during the winter the most powerful
of the local bodies ot the Kussian So
viets. He is Jewish and well edu
cated. Joffe, in the letter of Bolshevik
acceptance of the German compact,
again stands forth for what he is, the
spokesman, after Lenine, in all mat
ters of supreme importance to Ger
many. Have photograph of the joint let
ter. Document Number Eight.
(GR. General staff, central division
, No. 813, November 19)
To the council of People's commis
sars: This is to advise you that the
following persons have been put at
the disposal of the Russian govern
ment as military advisers: Major
Erich, Major Bode, Major Sass, Major
Zimmerman, Major Anders,. Lieuten
ant Haase, Lieut. Klein, Lieut. Breitz.
These officers will choose a cadre
of the most suitable officers from the
list of our prisoners, who will like
wise be at the disposal of the Russian
government, as was agreed at the
conference in Stockholm, when Len
ine, Zinovieff and others were travel
ing through to Russia. Head of the
Russian section, German general staff,
O. Rausch, Adjutant O. Wolff.
Note Major Anders took the Rus
sian name Rubakov and Major Erich
and Russian name Egorov. Lenine and
Zinovieff passed through Germany
and Stockholm together. Have pho
tograph of letter.
- Document Number Seven.
(G. G. S. Nachrichten Bureau, Sec
tion R. Jan 12, 1918.)
Confidential.
To the commissar'of foreign affairs
By the order of the Local department
of the German general staff, the' intel
ligence section has informed us of
the names and the characteristics of
the main candidates for the re-election
of the central executive committee.
The general staff orders us to insist
on the election of the following peo
ple: Lenine, Trotzky, Zinovieff, Ka
meneff, Joffe, Sverdiov, Lunacharski,
Kollontai, Fabrizius, Martev, Steklov,
Golman, Frunze, Lander, Milk, Preob
rajenski, Sollers, Studer, Golberg,
Avanesov, Volodarski, Raskolnikov,
Stuchka, Peters and Neubut. Please
inform the president of the council
of the general staff's wish.
Note The indorsements are "copy
handed to Chairman Council workmen
and soldiers' deputies N. 956."
"Deliver to Comrade Zinovieff and
to secret department," signature il
legible. January 12, Russian calen
dar, fell in the early part of the week
of the all-Russian soviet convention
in Petrograd the week after the forci
ble dissolution of the constituent as
sembly. The election came at the end
of the week and was a perfunctory
re-election of practically the whole
former executive committee of com
missars. Lacking the exact list I nev
ertheless can state that the present
executive committee was drafted from
this group. The name there surpris
ing to me is that of Martov, the lead
ere of the Memshiviks, though it is
my recollection that this party of op
position was allowed representation.
Martov is an able writer, was asso
ciated with Trotzky in his Paris jour
nalistic venture, but was supposed to .
have split with him in Russia. The
evidence that he is still agreeable to
Germany is pertinent. Madame Kol
lontai, the only woman on this list, '
was the- commissar of public welfare. '
She was sent abroad for foreign prop- ,
aganda in February, but did not get 1
beyond Scandinavia and later return
ed to Russia. Kamtneff, who went
out of Russia with Kollantai, also t
sought to return, but was arrested by
the Finnish White Guards (not the
Germans), on the Aland Islands, and
his release was subject of negotia
tions. He is Trotzky's brother-in-law.
Sverdiov was temporary chairman of
the all-Russian soviet. Lunacharski
is commissar of education.
Stekelov is editor of the official pa
per Isvestia. Volodarsky, who has
lived in the United States, was in
close confidence with Lenine. H.
was killed in Moscow the last wee.
in June. Agasfer, who delivered the
order in behalf of Rausch, is Major
Luberts. Have photograph of letter.'
Leigh Riley,
Director News Division Committee On
Public Information.
Railroads Make Record in
Loading of Grain on Cars
Washington, Sept. 14. Nearly 50
per cent more grain has been loaded
so far this year than in the same
period last year, a railroad adminis
tration report today showed. Up to
September 7, 298,000 cars had been
loaded, as compared with 206,000 on
that date a year ago. In the weeks
ending August 24, August 31 and Sep
tember 7. respectively. 33,138, 33,242
and 31.773 cars were loaded.
On September 7. 59.286,000 busheli
of grain was in elevators at primary
markets in the western district as
compared with 8,028,000 a year ago.
Grain receipts at western primary
markets up to September 7 were 566,
876,000 bushels, or 151.470 000 bushels
more than in the same period last
year.
circulars Nos'. 421 and 93 men,- abl 'DitCe before he, has be.n named
tionea in this proctocol aha alscfone" in relation to thebiisiness relations"
of the Russian Bolshevik! with the
imperial government, writing a letter
secret wrriWepwtment bt .the Ger4 from Btflin ttttffcMt7,- "?Mr.
man nerai staff in Petrograd. "-
. . i . - tlenrich, Adjutant
-Note The circulars inclosed are in
German and are as follows: '
(1) German general staff, Central
Abtheilung,' section M, No.: (blank),
Berlin). ' 1 v
- Circular 6f June 9, 1914.
"vTo Bezirks commendanfen:
" Within -24 hours of the receipt of
this -circular you are to inform all in
dustrial cdncerns by wire that the
documents with ' industrial mobiliza
tion plans and with registration forms
be opened, such as are referred to in
the circular- of the commission of
Count Von Waldersee and Caprivi, of
June '27, 1887.
No. ,421, mobilization section.
(2) General staff of the High Sea
Fleet, No. 93).
Circular of November 28, 1914.
' To Marineagenturen and Flotten
vereinen: 1
You are ordered to mobilize im-
OlberB. in which e stated that 150,-
000 -kronen had been placed at 01
berg's disposal at Fuerstenberg's of"
fice through the Nia bank (document
No. 18). .Now, Fuerstenberg by this
time, January, in Petrograd at Smol
ny, is trying to help Scheideniann in
covering up old -trails. '.Radek is a
clever -Polish-Austrian Jew, who cime
from Switzerland with Lenine. Von
SchOenemann was the accredited Ger
man representative- to the Bolshevik
foreign office. He is named in docu
ment No. 5. 1 Parvus is' a handler of
German propaganda money with his
headquarters at Copenhagen, and is
credited with being the directing force
behind Joffe.
Have photograph of this letter.
Document Number Five.
(GR Great general staff, central Ab
theilung) Division section M, Oc
tober, ,1917, Berlin.
Secret department No. 31.
To the Council of People's commisl
Si
re
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