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Show PUNHING WORLD I DVEHTHRDW OF GDCIALORDERS Government Agents Unearth Un-earth Plot for Monster Ac. tivity of I. W. W. and Russian Bolsheviki. WASHINGTON, l.-r-r-. '!. idne has been uncovered by snivwntncnt aenlw indlnt Urn; that A merhun Indus trial '(irlc.:i-K nf (he World, 1:ii:I:mi Hol.-li- Ski, irlnh aitntors ami ro ol -i t ion ista In arious i-ouni rlon at war with jer-.iiijniy jer-.iiijniy may be srel.H;..; to lay I lie founda-I founda-I ion cf an flahuiaiM worl-1-wldu plan to overthrow oxi-'Olnff social nr.-r-j. This iv;is admit tfil today by officials here in ronn-.-tiou with news f the. lin-,:oim'.v lin-,:oim'.v nf a .jiiantity of lii'lefl, revolvers and ainiiiunltion In the Russian freighter Shilka, which has Just arrived at a Hariri- port, manned by a Kolahevlkl new. Government asents snspnt that the guns and numinous v. err Intended for the Industrial In-dustrial Workers of Hi" World In this country, a.ltl.onh It was said a lull re- j port on the m stcriutis raio has not yet I. ecu furwarded by offlelaKs at tiie port ot arrlvnl. The Hliilka iin-idenl is only one of many eii.s-s leaiihm ntii'-ialn to believe1 the con-nc'iion con-nc'iion between plotteis in several of the! allied con n I rk-s rnny 1)0 more tangible than 1 1 if in-i -t"ini to MuK of moral sympathy, sym-pathy, teriain Irish agitators and 1. W. V. leaders reeenUy have none I'roin the I'll i ted States to Russia, alter heing In Hose tourh wiih each other here, and reports have heen received that Bolshevik Bolshe-vik i orna iilzers would eonie to A meriea before Iouk to .spread their doetrine of dire- t action for eunununal organization. Broad Judgment. No ohjeeiion will he raised by the government gov-ernment to any agitation which does not in I '! i e with t he progress- of the war, oli'icials declare. ii fielalw do not intend to use t he war ex igencies as an excuse l'or sitpnressin.u' free spee-.-h. except in so lar as it. leads to hampering t he -government in the fipht a.uainsi the central powers. This ha sits of judgment,, however, how-ever, is rerosniaeil as broad, and will permit di a si ie action aitain.st foreign ax.-nts whose eon duct direct! y or indirectly indi-rectly fosters Germany's war aims. Act ion will he particularly swift, offi-cla offi-cla Is say, when armed resistance to the law is threatened and when other material ma-terial forces are employed by the agitators. agita-tors. Customs Inspection will serve to prevent importa t ion of arms, and the elOoe supervision of crews of incoming-and incoming-and outgoing- vessels is expected to make impossi hie the tra-i'fle of communications on a lar'e scale intended to foster revolutionary re-volutionary activit y. There still are nuans of Importing money into the Vnitfd States, hut government agents can trace remittances and keep a watchful watch-ful eye on suspicious expenditures. Menace Is Strong. Although p rosec ullon of T. W. TV . loaders recently has been vigorous, officials offi-cials have evidence which they claim ! shows that the menace of this organization, organiza-tion, believed to he supported largely hy i :ennuu money, remains strong. Fur- ' ther action against the aeritators is forecast. fore-cast. This will he hastened if it is j found that the hand is working with Russian Bolshevik i leaders to hring about a premature peace In Germany's Interests or to hamper America at home. Kx t re me care is being taken bv this government to avoid antagonising the Bolshevik i movement in Russia, despite the international irritations it has caused. American officials do not care to appear to resist the development of democratic ideals, even if It assumes the form of ex 1 1 .'me and chaotic so-ialinm reported in Russia under the new regime. In line with tliis policy, it is explained, preparations prep-arations for dealing with the enc roach -mept of Bolshevism in America is not lor political reasons, hut only to insure malt-rial .safety and to promote moral unity of this nation in the war. |