Word: russia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...German opera-goers-so much so that they were accused of making a goddess of her. Once Frau Rosa Luxemburg ruled the red roost at Communist headquarters in Berlin. She was killed in 1919. Frau Klara Zetkin succeeded her, but Klara became old, abdicated her power, went to Russia, her "spiritual home." The new leader is Frau Ruth Fischer, Vienna Jewess, onetime confidante of Bela Kun. She is described as "a woman with an overbubbling temperament, always found where the fight is hottest...
Corosu: "The Anglo-Japanese alliance now is past history, while our relations with the United States and Russia are assuming a grave aspect. At such a juncture a Franco-Japanese rapprochement is highly desirable...
...learning is a small part of education; that gool citizenship and high morale depend upon both mental and physical good health. They may do much to maintain a high domestic morale in a country, constantly, if not inevitably, subject to more or less peaceful invasion from Southern Europe and Russia. -Yale Daily News...
...latest decree of the Soviet Government of Russia, Which eliminates nearly one hundred thousand students of non-proletarian origin from high schools and colleges, seems to be an unfortunate continuation of the Communist policy of destroying the bourgeois class. In aiming to provide educational facilities for students in the lower walks of life, the Soviet authorities are working with a beneficent intent, but in persisting in elevating one class at the expense of another, their wisdom is more than doubtful. The Communists have apparently discovered, however, that one of the best ways to keep opponents out of power...
Asked if he were in sympathy with the Grand Duke Nicholas who is trying for a restoration of the Romanovs in Russia, the Prince replied: "No! The Duke's ambitions are political; my ambitions are humanitarian-the aid of the distressed Russians...