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Show Be Leader of Independent Socialists Before Making Mak-ing Disclosure, RUSSIANS HOAXED Bolshevist Poses As An American Agent and Gets Signatures. BERLIN, "Wednesday, Oct 8 (By The Associated Press. ) Hugo H.mse, lotdcr ot the Independent Socialists, was ehot today only a qiirter of an hour before lia expected to make a sensational disclosure dis-closure to the nntionnl assembly In con-Tieetlon con-Tieetlon with the povrrnmc nt's BnUic policies end the tolerant attitude of Berlin Ber-lin toward lh "wmI Ruui&JI antl-Bol-shevik government. " the establishment of which was the result of a hoax perpetuated perpetu-ated by iin Individual i08lnK m the representative rep-resentative of a New York banking hoiife This fart gave currency to i rumor that the attempt against Heir Haase's life had a political origin but a r ross-examlnatlon of Yoss. his assailant. Indicated that he was actuated by mo-ties mo-ties of personal revenge. Antl Bolshevists Hoaxed BERLIN. Tuesday, Oct. S. (By The Associated Pfss ) A crii of ami-Bolshevist ami-Bolshevist Russians who had organized a j government hi- to take possession o( the Russian territories between tncs frontiers fron-tiers of Poland, Petrograd and Moscow whenever the fortunes of m photlld place them In a position to do so, has been hoaxed by an individual porting as the accredited representative of a Nov York banking houfe. into signing a document doc-ument in which the American banking house agreed to advance to the Russians 20. 000,000 marks in return for raw products, pro-ducts, commercial concessions, timber- I lands nod mineral rights in various uec-tlons uec-tlons of Russia. "The Amtrlcan agent." calling himself him-self Pr. Mosehell now appears to have been a Bolshevist agent who was Interested Inter-ested in the active presence In Berlin of an official Russian anti-Eolshevlst organization. or-ganization. Independent Socialist leaders are reported re-ported to have been working with he Bolshevist reprejentatlves In this scheme. The hoax was discovered by the Russian representatives when the promised mil llonr, were not forthcoming. |