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...Congress, explained the reason for the break with acid simplicity. Said he: "Two years of patient striving to bring about an under-standing between the Russian and British movements. . . have now convinced the General Council, that it is impossible to go on under present conditions. The Rus-sian idea is that the labor movement is played on the Moscow stage and that all other labor organizations are merely spectators in the auditorium...
Mozart. What palpitations of the heart are inspired in worldly Pari sian ladies by the virginal naivete of a blooming youth is the theme of Sacha Guitry's† play. Interest is added by making that youth Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whom history has already surrounded with romance and pathos...
Conservatives. The Conservatives decided to move a vote of censure condemning the Government for abandoning prosecution for sedition against J. R. Campbell, acting Editor of the Communist daily, The Workers' Weekly- Liberals. The Opposition brought a number of questions concerning Rus-sian affairs to the attention of the Government. Ex-Premier Asquith's motion for the rejection of the Anglo-Russian Treaty was also laid upon the table. The motion read : That this House will be ready to support any practical and businesslike steps for promoting Anglo-Russian trade and for protecting British interests in Russia...
...place manly Truth and Honor above everything." But word had yet to come from the Saxon Field Marshal von Mackensen, reputed the first cavalry leader in the world, thought by many the ablest soldier Germany had in the War. What would the hero of a dozen Rus sian victories say? The white-haired soldier, now 74 years of age, gave his message: " We old soldiers are bearers of the spirit of 1914. You comrades must see that it continues to live in the breasts of the rising generation." Not very different from the other messages, but from a different...
American eye specialists are sceptical of the cure and are waiting for further particulars. Some frankly believe it impossible. The method has not yet been published in medical journals or before scientific associations, although lack of such facilities in Russia is explicable enough. Rus-sian physicians who have seen the process are divided as to its merits. Professor Katz is reported to be eager to send technical descriptions and photographs of the operation to the Western world, but he will not leave Russia to demonstrate...