Word: russia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...breaking off of relations is serious business. You cannot treat the situation as though everything would go on exactly as before. Twenty-four powers have recognized Russia following our lead. We shall be completely isolated in this respect in a Europe which is full of trouble...
...Whom are you watching for in Russia? Tchitcherin? He is broken and has failed. Litvinov's signature you cannot take. Stalin's signature you cannot. Trotsky's certainly you cannot...
...case of His Majesty's Government against the Soviets is strong . . . but this act is that of a distracted man who jumps into a whirlpool. . . . It is the riskiest act ever taken by the Government against such a huge country as Russia...
...Since this melodramatic raid has been carried out by Scotland Yard, I admit the necessity for taking action. But abrogation of Russia's special trade privileges, and prosecution of all alleged spies and agitators ought to be enough to satisfy our honor...
First instalments of Feodor Chaliapin's autobiography were syndicated last week in U. S. newspapers. He wrote that he could remember when he was five, living in East Central Russia in a hut costing a ruble and a half per month.* His father, a clerk, "was very fond of drink and on one occasion did not come home for two days. . . . After a time he became intoxicated every pay day" and beat Mrs. Chaliapin...