Word: revolutionize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Captain M. R. C., U. S. A., Member American Legion, Member Sons of the American Revolution.
Stiffened indignantly when informed that the Soviet Government has returned to Britain the effects of the pre-Revolution British Embassy, but retained all valuables deposited in the Embassy safes, including a dinner service of solid gold.
"This condition is brought about by the struggle between capitalism and radical labor, between fascism and bolshevism. This caused the Russian revolution. In Russia today the bolshevists hold away. In America capital controls our universities.
The officer, one General Chang [not Chang Tso-lin], replied to an insinuation that China is ruining herself by civil wars: "I think your American Revolution was a sort of civil war, wasn't it? But you don't criticise Washington now for ruining his country."
"The Revolution in Russia left professors, scientific men and students destitute. While conditions for some of the physicians and other scientific men are gradually improving, thousands of students are still chronically undernourished and the plight of the professors remains desperate. Half of them have dropped out of sight since 1917...