Word: russia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...play chosen is one written by Russia's most modernistic dramatist-producer. "The Paraclete," with the sub-title "for some a comedy, for others a drama" is a four-act play by Nikolai Evreinov. It will be translated from the original Russian text by W. L. Laurence '12, and will be directed by Edward Massey '15. Mr. Massey has directed the last few Dramatic Club productions with increasing success, and it is expected that the production this fall will meet with even greater approbation than has been accorded the other plays of the Dramatic Club...
...months and years he has been directing from Moscow the Soviet's stupendous dream to unite with certain Western European nations and crush the rest. Until recently he has felt that Germany and Poland were diplomatically very close to Russia. Suddenly, with the coming of the Locarno Conference (see INTERNATIONAL) they seemed to be drawing away...
...whirred along he fashioned phrases which he hoped would make the might of Russia felt in Poland. Descending from his train at Warsaw, he found Premier Wladyslaw Grabski and indeed the whole city seemingly intent upon nothing but his honor...
...more than an hour; delivered a last exhortation. What he said may be judged from his public utterances: "England's effort toward creating a security compact is simply a part of her insidious anti-Soviet activity. . . . England sees in Germany a mere pawn to be used against Russia... Germany must not fall into the British trap...
...arguments, such as they were. While his train for Locarno stood waiting at the station, he could only assure M. Tchitcherin that Germany has often voiced her intention of not assuming any obligations under the League which might lead to Allied troops being mobilized across Germany to attack Russia; and that Germany would evade any Allied desire to impose such obligations upon her at Locarno, if she could. Meanwhile would not Minister Tchitcherin please be quiet, and accept for his country a 100 million gold mark credit which the Reich Cabinet had just rushed through in the form...