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...most conflicting rumors in regard to the religious situation in Russia agree on this: the Patriarch Tikhon, of Moscow, was unfrocked by the recent " All-Russian " council of the Greek Orthodox Church. The council was captured by radicals, and the Patriarch Tikhon, who was in a Soviet prison at the time, was unfrocked without a hearing. No man was put in his place, the church radicals believing in a more democratic form of church government. Tikhon, according to one report, was poisoned in prison. More recent reports assert that he has made his peace with the Soviet Government, and that...
...Congress of the All-Russian Communist Party, which was to have been begun on Sunday, April 15, is postponed until June...
...Information, the Red Cross and the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Humphries has had exceptional opportunities for observing conditions in Central Russia and Siberia, having been present at the signing of the Brest-Litovsk treaty, at the disbanding of the famous Constituent Assembly, and at two of the All-Russian Congresses of Soviets, as well as on other important political occasions...
...Recent troubles are due very largely to the All-Russian Executive Committee, which was appointed by a huge Congress of restless soldiers and laborers. More or less deliberately this Committee has usurped many powers that belong only to the central government, such as the issuing of 'ukases', and a most harmful attempt at democratizing the army. Thus the responsibility rests on the central government, while a great part of the power is in the hands of the Committee. This dualism has paralyzed the central power, and made the situation almost hopeless. However, I believe that Russia's reserve of patriotism...