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...that at Holy Communion all who wish to partake shall go to the altar rail and take a sip of sherry from a common chalice. The cup may be wiped from time to time with a "purificator napkin. Last week The Churchman, liberal fortnightly, which has crusaded against Cinema Tsar Will Hays, "Buchmanism" and various Episcopal bishops,* was battling vigorously against the common cup. Its chief exhibits appeared on its letter page: "I wish here to record the revolting experience of a friend of mine at the communion rail. It occurred many years ago, but she has never forgotten...
Amongst other statements made is one to the effect that the nearest parallel to such investigation occurred in 1911. You state that ''outraged by stories of pogroms by Tsar Nicholas' whip-wielding Cossacks, the House of Representatives passed a measure repealing the Russian-U. S. trade agreement." Is this not an erroneous statement and is it not true that the Russian trade treaty was abrogated because of Russia's refusal to recognize the passport rights of American citizens? The situation came to an issue because American citizens of Jewish faith had their passport privileges negated particularly...
...nearest parallel to such an investigation as Representative Dickstein is about to launch against a friendly power occurred in 1911. Outraged by stories of pogroms by Tsar Nicholas' whip-wielding Cossacks, the House of Representatives passed a measure repealing the Russian-U. S. trade agreement. President Taft, realizing that there was ammunition for a serious diplomatic explosion, intervened before the bill reached the Senate. Secretary of State Knox announced that the treaty was being abrogated in accordance with its own terms...
...will be published the story of Nijinsky's life, written by his wife.* Romola de Pulszky was a 17-year-old Hungarian schoolgirl when she first saw Vaslav Nijinsky dance. Sergei Diaghilev had taken the Russian Ballet to Budapest. Karsavina was with the company. So was Kshessinskaya, the Tsar's favorite who had an imperial retinue of her own, wore diamonds and emeralds the size of wal nuts. But it was Nijinsky who made the Hungarian girl decide against the dramatic career her actress mother had planned for her. She saw him in Sylphides and said a prayer...
...have an interest in fair play and right. I was actually acquainted not only with Rasputin himself, but with Purish-kevitch and the others. I was actually invited by Purishkevitch to murder Rasputin. . . . We had a plot on foot to save the Tsar, but nothing came of it. Chegodiev in the film seemed more like Grand Duke Dmitri. It never occurred to me Natasha was Princess Irina...