Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-04 | Page 7 | Editor Says He Threw Trotzky out of Office

EDITOR SAYS HE 1 THREW TROTZKY 1 OUT OFJFFICE 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 Testifying 111 I at the senate judiciary committee's investigation of brewery and German irul propaganda, Louis N. Hammorling, jol president of tho American Association jPjJI of Foreign Language Newspapers, de- . rjl clared today that two years ago he H!I threw Leon Trotsky, now the Rus- Dnlfll sian Bolshevik foreign minister, out t!u of his office after the latter had tt)j threatened his life unless he received rcljjjl a sum of money. Hi fill Reference to the Bolshevik leader m 111 was made while Hammerling was vig- jt?jj orously denying charges that he had R taken any part In German propaganda Jjj "Trotsky came to my office often," m the witness said, "and insisted on see- H II ing me. He would see no other per- ml I son in the office except me and he al- HI I II ways wanted me to give him money. I finally took him by the neck and throw him out and in doing so I cut ljJJ my hand on his rubber collar." WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 Arthur Ga- IRQ brycl, former vice-president of the Kill American Association of Foreign Lau- yBDU guage Newspapers, swore to today be- nlj foro the senate committee Investigat- Jj ing brewery and German propaganda Md that It was an open secret among Poles ull In New York that Louis N. Hammer- ull ling, president of the association, was Ij an omployc of the Austrian govern- I fill mont in 1916. He said he had seen flil Count von Bernstorff, former Gorman , ambassador, in Hammerling's office. Ijjf I nn Ml