Show how red fiends plot to Det sroy walter duranty a newspaper correspondent recently cabled the following to the eastern press here is a copy ot of a document which together with valuable jewels and largo large sums ot of money was found irk in the soles of the boots of a russian sailor seized here while trying to make his way to the united states the prisoners name and the name h u address w the person in america for or whom the document and funds were intended I 1 have communicated to tue lue proper quarters the document is 13 signed jointly by ot of the executive committee bureau ot of the communist in and by herein bersin alias winter a well known bolshevik 0 of origin more than any argument it proves what are the real alms alma 0 of the red leaders leader 8 and what their protestations protestation B of peace are w worth jtb it begins dear comrades permit us to give you a lull full resume ot of our advice and instructions regarding current work in america 1 we firmly believe that after the expulsion of a number of 0 sections lot of certain nationalities from the american socialist party the time has f i come to organize in the united states a communist party which will proceed to get officially in touch with the communist internationals ale organization we firmly believe also that this party could be organized from firstly the socialist propaganda league secondly the and now excluded elements ot of the american socialist party thirdly the elements of the socialist labor party which as we are well aware it is most important to split as its actions are contrary to our alms aims and fourthly the international workers ot of the world whose nonpolitical action will disappear as it comes to recognize the dictatorship of 0 the proletariat and soviet rule the organization ot of this party should be effected in moscow 2 we firmly believe that one of the most important alms aims at present is the organization of 0 small domman it nucleus c aiters among soldiers and sailors as a fighting section to carry on energetic propaganda in organizing soviets of soldiers and sailors and preaching fanatical hostility the russian word means litte rally persecution toward officers and generals 3 such organizations of workmen soviets as already exists should not be allowed to degenerate degene ritte into philanthropic or cultural association we are much afraid that in america there is just this danger therefore we strongly emphasize that until the soviets have got the upper hand they must regard themselves as militant the word is underlined units of the fight for national control and proletarian p role dictatorship there must not be an inch yielded from the standpoint all the last sentence is underlined in the original insurrections URGED the organization of strikes and of unemployed and the fomenting of insurrections dat d at is ine task appointed secondly Se conny it is p take tile lie utmost precautions precaution a the splitting up ot of the among the already existing na national nat tiona ioni political parties therefore direct your energies along the lines of developing the movement to establish soviets of workers of different political views the general platform will be as follows a down with the senate and congress M b down with capitalists in the factories by the workers c down with speculators all organizations of food and supplies to be in the workers hands 4 everywhere it is necessary sharply to emphasize the idea 0 of seizing the whole machinery of economic administration by the working class and to direct toward this object propaganda and agitation by an outcry against the high cost of 0 living LEAGUE ASSAr assailed LED it is desirable to spread hostilities again the persecution toward wilson as a two faced criminal as well as toward his league ot of nations regarding intervention you already know what to do but we ask you to stress the factor of our economic strangulation and not only ours but Hun garys and also to rub in the fac ac that western democrats are acting as our executioners execution ers it is of supreme importance to ly y the closest attention to the amer lean federation of labor this must I 1 be smashed to pieces last 3 words are underlined by active work in collaboration with the international workers of 0 the world to bring about strike movements and revolution 6 it Is most necessary to develop propaganda to instill into the minds of the workers the paramount feces necessity sity for arming this thia work to IB underlined revolutionary soldiers who are de mobilized should not give up their rifles As a more general platform a an international socialist republic b frighten away one with the bogey of new wars being prepared by the capitalists c use the utmost efforts to oppose the organization zarion of white guards this should be done in most ruthless and violent manner 7 work tor for the centralizing and combination of your endeavors dont give them any opportunity to smash you separately organize committees with communistic greetings signed BUREAU OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST internationals ALE and J BERSIN alias winter this document is presented as aa trans literally frona from the russian original with the double check of one allied citizen familiar with russian and one english speaking native |