Word: russia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Significant is it that neither Lenin, Trotsky, nor Kalinin, leaders of Soviet Russia, who are supposed to sympathize heart and soul with the aims of the Communist Internationale, have been attending the meetings of the Internationale where they have been expected to speak. This apparent lack of interest has been explained on the ground that the press of official business has kept them away...
...There is another significant feature in the political situation. Russia has a longer contiguous boundary with China than with any other country, and Bolshevik agents are making every effort to stir up the people. How far they have been successful cannot yet be judged because whatever movement there may be is still underground. The men who are running the government, however, are rather fearful for the immediate outcome...
...choosing its opening production for this year the Dramatic Club has turned to the drama of Russia, and has chosen a play. "The Life of Man", which, though widely known, has not yet been publicly produced in America. The author, Leonid Andreyev, has come into fame on the American stage as a result of his "He Who Gets Slapped" which had such a spectacular run in New York last season...
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...Moreover, continued Bishop Roots, she has no background of political experience and tradition, such as we inherited from England. The Chinese Republic is here to stay, but there is much still to be done in organizing the government, and in combatting the Red propaganda which pours in from communist Russia...