Word: bolsheviks
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...prove of great interest to students of the most recent literary tendencies. THE MYSTERY ROAD-E. Phillips Oppenheim-Little Brown ($2.00). Monte Carlo-mysterious ladies of the highest rank who refuse to reveal their identities-a little French country girl-waif, sheltered by two young British aristocrats-England -Russia-Bolshevik prisons. ... In other words, Mr. Oppenheim's second book of the current year, displays his usual deft talent for spectacular plot and thrilling incident, though a confirmed Oppenheimer sadly misses the customary criminal secret society with its grips and passwords. THE LATE MATTIA PASCAL-Luigi Pirandello-Dutton ($2.50). What...
...light cruiser Aurora was "adopted" by the Central Executive Committee of the Russian Socialist Union. Reason given: The cruiser (of its own accord) struck the decisive blow in the 1917 Bolshevik revolution. Apparently some sentimental feeling on the part of Moscow caused this "adoption" to be made, for it was stated that a cowardly band of counter-revolutionaries tried to blow up the Aurora in a fit of blind rage...
...custom of "adoption" is an honor invented by the Bolsheviki to replace the Tsarist method of making distinguished persons honorary officers in the Navy or Army. The main difference in the Bolshevik idea is that Government departments adopt a regiment or a warship. The Foreign Office recently adopted a regiment, but M. Georges Tchicherin (Foreign Minister) did not become a colonel; he became an honorary private...
Conceivably this report is Bolshevik propaganda, intended to show, that Bolshevism is very humane and ultra-democratic...
...situation that confronts the new Government is bad and seems to be getting worse. Bloodshed is the order of the day. Communist risings are reported in many parts of Germany and the political integrity of the country depends on whether Government troops will be able to subdue the Bolshevik insurgents...