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1 THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1918. CRUEL BETRAYAL 01 ROMANIA IS EFFECTED BY HUN Germany, Through Russian Bolsheviki Tools, Sup presses and Murders Loyal Roumanians, Russians And Poles Boche Prisoners Released by r. Plotters to Help Fight on West Front f ' . ?. By Associated Press. Washington, Sept. 18. The betrayal of Roumania and felaborate advance plans of Germany and her Russian bolshe viki tools for suppressing and murdering loyal Roumanians, Russians and Poles, are exposed in detail by today's chapters of the astounding secret Russian documents which the Ameri can government is giving to the public. Other in stallnients of the series- have described how the bolsheviki leaders, Lenine and Trotzky and their associates, were bought by the Cm mans for millions in gold and engineered their bloody overthrow of Russia for the benefit of their masters. Now the story is told of how, while the Brest-Litovsk peace conference farce sill was in prog ress, the bolshevikis' were sending hired agents into Roumania to dis organize the armies of Russia's ally, dethrone the Roumanian king, and turn loose the German armies occu pied there for service in a great of fensive on the western front Kill Russian Generals. The second phase of the -latest disclosure shows the bolsheviki at German direction undertaking not only to kill refractory Russian gen erals but to shoot individually and wholesale Polish soldiers who were refusing to be sold to the Germans and patriotically keeping the field against their enemies. One of the documents transmits orders from the German intelligence service to "take most decisive measures, up to shooting en massey against Polish troops" and to institute surveillance of institutions and persons, including the Roman Catholic Polish clergy. Explanatory notes by Edgar Sis ion, who obtained the documents, and many details lacking in the papers themselves, including a story of how the Roumanian minister . barely escaped assassination after being arrested by the bolsheviki and released through the efforts of Ambassador Francis and other diplomats are given: ; The machinations of Trotzky, in spired by the German general, Hoff man, for the disruption of Rou kiania, are disclosed in the following: Document No. 37. (Connter-Esplonage at the Stavka.) To the Commission on Combating the Counter-Revolution: Commander-in-Chief Krilenko has requested the counterespionage at the staff to inform you that it is necessary to order the following persons to the' Roumanian front immediately: From Petrograd, Commissar Kuhl, , Socialist Rakovsky, Sailor Guie shin; and from the front the chief of the' Red Chard Durasov. These Ptrs'Ufflr TsInjirM Tr-sm oiled- with sources for agitation. To them is committed the task of taking all measures for the deposing of the Roumanian king and the removal of counter-revolutionary Roumanian officers. Director of Counteres pionage, Feierabend; Secretary N. Drachev. - Note. This mark! ths beginning of lrg-tcal work to disorganize the Bou manlu amy. That In ita early winter phases It advance disappointingly to Germany la evidenced by vengeful steps taken later by General Hoffman and Trotsky from Brest-Litovsk, when In the middle ot January, Trotsky, at the re quest of General Hoffman, ordered the arrest In Petrograd of the Roumanian minister Dlamandl. The contents ot this letter, written by Joffe, were tele graphed to Washington In February and photographlo copy of letter forwarded. At about the same time the Roumanian publlo gold reserve la custody within the Kremlin walls at Moscow were seized by the , Russian governments. Dlamandl was released from arrest at the demand of the united diplomatic delegations at Petro grad, but his humiliations continued and - on January 28 he was. ordered from Pet rograd, being given less than 10 hours to prepare for the departure of a party . that contained many women and children.' Ambassador Francis sought In vain of Zalklnd, who was acting as foelgn min ister In the absence of Trotzky, again Vt Brest, for an extension of the time of departures. The Roumanian party was thrown pell-mell on a train at midnight. It was delayed In Finland' on one excuse and another, not Immediately apparent, : but in three weeks the minister, leaving behind a large part of -his people, was ; allowed to proceed to Torneo. By good ' luck he reached there a day after the Red guard lost Torneo to the White Guard. That day saved his life, for on the person of Svetlltzaky, a Russian commissar whs Joined him In mid-Finland and ac companied him to Torneo, was found an . order 40 Timofeyeff, the commissar at .Torneo, to shoot him. Bvetlltzsky was shot instead. When I passed through Torn the control officer talked frankly about; the details, expressing the opinion that the shooting might bave been a mis take as tt was not shown that Svctiltzsky was' awars of the aontents of the letter. Svetlltzaky, however, was an Important person In Fetrograd, close to Trotzky. Our American party brought Guranesco, tbe- setretary of the Roumanian delegatlob . out of Finland through the lines with us. He had been In Red Finland seven weeks. Behind us at BJorneburg we left several families of Roumanians who had departed from Finland - with the minister. We would have iiked to have brought them through the lines ot the two armies, but onr venture was too desperate to permit unauthorized additions to the party. The marginal notation on this letter la "Execute," initialed "ch." the sign manual et Chlchertn, the returned exile from England, at that time assistant min , later ot foreign affairs, now minister ot foreign affairs. Have photograph t letter. Letter from Joffe at Brest-Wtovsk carrying General Hoffmann's order through Trotsky to Incite agitation against the Roumanian army, and to ar- rest Dlamandl, the. Roumanian minister. CONFIDENTIAL. Ms. Tit. Affair of Peace Deleg., To Re port I, Urgent (Initials).) Brest-Litovsk, Dec 31, 1917. No. 36S1N. K. Comr. Shitkevitch: Take copies and send to the Comiss. for For eign Affairs, personally to Comr. Zalkind, To the Council of National Com ' missaries: Comrade L. D. Trotsky has charged me to bring to the knowledge of the Council of' Na ' tional Commissaries the motives for his telegraphic proposal t0 arrest the, Roumanian diplomatic repre sentatives in Petersburg. ; General Hoffman, referring to the conference ! which had taken place in BreSt-Litovsk between the members of the German and Aus-tro-Hungarian delegations on De cember 29; presented to the Rus sian delegation in the name of the German and Austrian chief com mand, .a deciphered Hdicitclegrara was exhibited in this connection) a confidential demand concerning the immediate incitement of the Rou manian army to recognize the ne cessity of an armistice and adopting the terms of a democratic peace pointed out by the Russian dele gates. The implacability of the staff and the whole commanding force of the Roumanian army,, with, re gard to which the chief command of the German army has received the most exact agency information, spoils the excellent impression pro duced in Germany and on all the fronts by the Russian peace propo sitions, which has made it possible to again stimulate the popular feel ing against England, France, and America and can bring about an undesirable and dangerous aggrava tion of the peace question up to the German army going over to the at tack on our front and an open an nexation of the territories occu pied in Russia. v The general expressed his opinion that against peace might be the Cossacks, some Ukranian regiments, and the Caucasian army, in which case they will also doubtless be joined by the Roumanian armies, which, according to the information in possession of 'the German staff, enters into the calculations of Kaledin and Alexieff. It is greatly in the interests of the Ger man and Austrian delegations that complete harmony, should prevail on the entire Russian front as regards the conclusion of an armistice and adopting the terms of a separate peace between Russia and Germany, seeing that in this event the Ger man and Austrian chief commar'l will propose to Roumania thea terms of peace, and will be in a posi tion to take up their operative ac tions on the western front on a very large scale; at the same time Gen eral Hoffman, in the course of a conversation with Comr. Trotsky, twice hinted at the necessity of im mediately beginning these war operations. When Comrade Trotsky declared that at the disposal of the coun cil's power there are no means of influencing the Roumanian staff, General Hoffman pointed out the necessity of sending trustworthy agents to the Roumanian army and the possibility of arresting the Rou manian mission in Petersburg and repressive measures against the Roumanian king and the Roumanian commanding forces. - After this interview Comrade L. D. Trotsky by cable proposed to ar rest the Roumanan mission in Pet ersburg .with all its members. This report is being sent bv special cour ier Comrade. I. C Brossoff, who has to personally transmit to Com missary Podvoisky some informa tion of a secret character regarding the sending to the Roumanian army army of those persons whose names Comrade Brossoff "will give. (Note' Underscore marked To bander.) All these persons will be paid out of the cash of the uerman Naph tha-Industrial bank," which has bought near Boreslavl the business of the joint-stock company of Fanto & Co. The chief direction of those agents has been intrusted, accord ing to General Hoffman's indica tion, to a certain Wolf Vonigel (Note von Igel), who is keeping a watch over the military agents of the countries allied with us. As re gards the English and American diplomatic representatives, General Hoffman has expressed the agree ment of the German staff to the measures adopted by Comrade Trotsky and Comrade Lazimiroff with regard to watching over their activity. Member of the delega tion, A. Yoffe. Reported January 4, regarding the arrest of Diamandi and others. M. Shitkevitch. January 5, 191. , To the chancery: Send an urgent telegram to Trotsky about the ar rest of the Roumanian minister. Savelieff. Note (as cabled February 9.) The date la January 12, western line, the eve of the Russian New Year. The Roumanian minister was arrested that night in Pet rograd, and only released on the united demand of all embassies and legations In Petrograd. Since then he has been sent out of Russia. The letter shows that Trotsky took General Hoffman's per sonal demand as an order for action. Most important of all, however. It strips the mask from the Lenin and Trotsky public protestations that they have sought to prevent the( peace negotiations with Germany from turning to the military advantage of Germany against the United States, England and France. The aim here disclosed Is instead to aid Germany in stimulating feeling against England, France and the United States in ena bling Germany to prepare for an offensive on the western front A German bank Is named as a paymaster for bolshevik agi tators among the Roumanian soldiers. Is Wolf Venlgel the field director, the Wolf von Igel of American notoriety? The similarity In name is striking. Fin ally, General Hoffman and the German staff Is satisfied with Trotsky's watch over the American and English diplomats. Yoffe, who signs the letter, Is a member of the Russian Peace commission. Since this letter was written Zalklnd has gone to Switzerland on a special mission. Note He did not reach there, being unable to pass through England and In April was in Christianta. Further disclosures of espionage operations and of assassination or ders for the ruthless extermination of Russian patriots follow: Document No. 38. (Commission for combating the counter revoultlon and pogroms, December 14, 1918, Petrograd.) Major von Boehlke, Esteemed Comrade: I bring to your notice that our Finnish comrades, Hakhia, Pukko, and Enrot have advised the commissar for combating the counter-revolution of the following facts: 1. Between the English officers and the Finnish bourgeoisie organ izations there are connections which cause us serious apprehen sion. , 2. In Finland have been in stalled two wireless stations which are used by unknown persons who communicate in cipher. 3. Between General Kaledin and the American mission there is an undoubted communication, of which we have received exact information from your source, and, therefore, a Method of Getting Information Is Not Given to the Public Edgar Sisson of the Bureau of Public Information, who obtained the evidence of the treason of Trotzky and Lenine and brought it to this country at the risk of his life, has given to the public no intimation of the manner in which he secured the priceless informa tion. . It is the assumption that there was someone in the bolshevik government who was so appalled and indignant over the perfidy of the paid agents of Germany that he disclosed the secrets. That he was a person of importance is in dicated by the fact that he evi dently had access to the most im portant files of the soviet gov ernment. ' He knew exactly what to give out in order to prove the treach ery of the two traitors and must have had some experience with statecraft. But the details of the preser vation of this-record of infamy are shrouded and will continue to be shrouded while the war lasts and possibly for a genera tion after that. The force of events in relation to the dis closures after they reached this side of the water is likewise mys terious. Many months ago Mr. Sisson made this report, which reached the president of the United States. During all these months President Wilson has allowed those who wished him to cut away at once from any relation with the bolshevists to assume that he hoped for some regard for Russia to influence Trotzky and Lenine. Never in all this time, while he discussed Russia with a thousand persons of all shades of opinion, has he divulged that he had in his possession the complete evi dence that Trotzky and Lenine were the'paid agents of Germany, taking orders for everything, from forging passports to assas sination, from the beginning when they were sent into Russia to turn the revolution to Germany's purposes. Sisson, who gathered the infor mation, is a Minhesotan by birth, a Northwestern University gradu ate and a newspaper and maga zine editor. He began his news paper work on the Chicago Chronicle, passed from that to the Chicago Tribune, of which he became city editor, and then was graduated to New York. He was managing editor of Collier's, then managing editor of the Cosmopo litan, which place he left to be come an attache of the Bureau of Public Information at consid erably less than half the salary. He went to Russia to assist in spreading propaganda to coun teract the effect of the German campaign. He found he was up against worse than propaganda and devoted himself to uncover ing the conspiracy he recognized, and he brought back the proofs at the risk of his life. most careful supervision of the American embassy is necessary. These reports must be established exactly. Our agents are helpless. 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It Is von Boelke's question, signed with his cipher name. (See doc ument S.) The letter may Imply that von Boelke had, In the opinion of his good friend Zalklnd, s means of Internal ob servation at the American embassy. Have photograph ot letter. Document No. 39. (Counter-Espionage at the Stavka, No. 268. January 26, 191. ) VERY SECRET. To the Commission on Combating the Counter-Revolution: The 23d of January at the Stavka there took place a conference at which there participated Major von Boelke,, assigned from Petrograd. It was de cided, upon the insistence of the German consultants, to send to the internal fronts the following per sons, furnishing them all powers for dealing with individual counter revolutionatres. To the Don: Zhikhorev, Rudnev, Krogultz,. and Ernest Delgau. To the Caucasus Front: Vaccili Dumbadze, Prince Michabelli, Se vastinov, and Ter-Baburin. To the 1st Polish Corps of Gen eral Dovbor-Menitsky are assigned Dembitsky, Stetkus, Zhimiitis, and Gisman. Be so good as to take all measures for the quick assignment and the adequate furnishings of the assigned persons with money, reserve pass ports, and other documents. Senior officer, Peter Mironov. Note. This Is an assassination order against Individuals. It was not success ful against the Polish general Dembadze and Prince Machabelll were German spies Implicated In the Sukhomllnoff af fair and sentenced to prision, but after wards liberated by bolshevik Lieut. Col. Dembitsky was a bolshevik Polish officer. Baburin was an assistant chief of staff under Krilenko. The letter Is In dorsed "Comrade Lunarcharsky, leave with report for Comrade Zenovleff," sig nature illegible. s Have photograph of letter. , Document No. 40. (Counter-espionage at the Stavka, No. 61-672, January, 19, 1918.) To the Commission for Combat ing the Counter-Revolution: There have been received two notes ad dressed to the supreme commander from the staffs of the Austrian and German high commands. These notes Inform the Stavka that the organizer of the volunteer army in the Don region, General Alexieff, is in written communication with the officer personnel of the Polish legions at the front, with the view of getting the help of Polish officers in the counter-revolution. This in formation has been received by the Austrian agents from the Polish Bolshevick Comrade Zhuk, who played a large part at Rostov during the November and December bat tles. On the other side, the repre sentative of the German govern ment, Count Lerchenfeldt, reports of the rapidly growing movement in Poland in favor of the bourgeoi sie estate owners' imperialistic plan to defend with arms" the greatest possible independence of Poland, with the broadening of its frontiers at the expense of Lithuania, Whitte Russia and Galicia. This movement is actively sup ported by popular democratic party in Warsaw, as well as Petrograd, by military organizations guided by the counter-revolutionary estate owners and the bourgeoisie Polish ckvgy. The situation which has arisen was discussed on the 16th of Janu ary at the Stavka in the presence of Major von Boehlke, sent the Petro grad branch of the German intelli gence bureau, and it was there de cided; 1. To take the most decisive measures, up to shooting en masse, against the Polish troops which have submitted to the counter-revolutionary and imperialistic propa ganda. 2. To . arrest General Dovbor Menitsky. 3. To arrange a surveillance of the commanding personnel. 4. Send agitators to the Polish le gions to consult regarding the Pol ish revolutionary organizations known to the committee. 5. On learning of the counter revolutionary activity of Polish of ficers to immediately arrest them and send them to the Siavka to the disposal of " the counter-espionage 6. To arrest the emissaries of General Akxieff, Staff Captain Shuravsky, and Captain Rushitsky. 7. To request the Commission for Combating the Counter-Revolution with agreement with the German in telligence bureau at Petrograd to arrange a surveillance and observa tion of the following institutions and persons: (a) The high Polish committee. (b) The Society of Friends of the Polish soldier. (c) Inter-Party Union. (d) The Union of Polish Invalids. (e) Members of the Polish Kolo of the former state Douma and council. (f) The chairman, Ledmitsky, and the members of tlie former commit tee for the liquidation of affairs of the Polish kingdom. (g) Boleslav Jalovesky. (h) Vladislav Grabsky. (i) Stanislav Shuritsky. (j) Roman Catholic Polish clergy. (k) The Polish treasury, through, which, according to agency reports, the governments of countries allied with Russia intend, with the assist ance of the New York National City bank, to supply with monetary re sources the counter-revolutionary camp. It is necessary to verify the pri vate reports of several. Lithuanian revolutionaries that among the church benevolent funds, which are at the disposal of Polish clergy, are the capitals of private persons who hid their money from requisi tion for the benefit of the sate. In case of establishment of any connection with the counter revo lution the guilty Polish institutions are to be liquidated, their leaders and also persons connected with the counter-revolutionary activity are to be arrested and sent to the disposal bf the Stavka. For Chief of the Counter Espionage, Commissar Kal manouch. Note Again Germany, through Count Lerchenfeldt, was Intriguing on both sides. 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