Word: bolsheviki
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Dates: during 1917-1917
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Norwegian Zimmerwald Socialists, who are at the same time active pacifists, have proposed that the Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded to Lenine and Trotzky, leaders of the Bolsheviki in Russia. No definite reasons are announced as to why these men with "livers white as milk" should receive such high recognition, but we are to presume it is because they make peace at any price. So far the Nobel prizes have not been bestowed carelessly; they have marked great attainments in the field for which they have been given. Never have they been awarded to upstart demagogues, who pose...
...this time when we hear nothing from Russia except news of revolutions, Bolsheviki and dictators, the latest report that the Grand Duchess Taliana has escaped to America is most cheering...
...struggle today is between the radical Bolsheviki and the more moderate socialist Democrats. The former have always wanted the Russian army to lay down their arms and go home, thereby setting an example which they believe other armies would certainly follow. The socialist Democrats held this same view at first, but they are sure now that the end of hostilities can come only with Germany's downfall...
...Documents captured recently show that the Bolsheviki are not mainly Russian idealists, but German propagandists. The socialist Democrats are undoubtedly sincere...
...better example of the old adage "it never rains but it pours" could be found than the history of the war during the last month. Now, as a climax to this series of defeats and discouragement's, comes the news of the triumph of the Maximalists and the Bolsheviki, the capture of the Winter Palace, and the flight of Kerensky. This is one of the few single events of the war that seems irretrievable, that offers no ray of hope or consolation. Even should Kerensky succeed in rallying the Army to his support and reestablishing a new government in Moscow...