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... bearing parts of villas to the railway . Many Russians find employment in breaking up villas and stacking the parts for transport . There is a melancholy sight of heaped- up " innards " of houses at the railway station . The moujiks ask ...
... bearing parts of villas to the railway . Many Russians find employment in breaking up villas and stacking the parts for transport . There is a melancholy sight of heaped- up " innards " of houses at the railway station . The moujiks ask ...
Page 61
... bearing in triumph a wonder - working ikon . The ikon is preceded by a marvellous deacon , a huge fellow with tremendous face all lighted up with faith and the popular religious emotion . His mouth is wide with song , and his ...
... bearing in triumph a wonder - working ikon . The ikon is preceded by a marvellous deacon , a huge fellow with tremendous face all lighted up with faith and the popular religious emotion . His mouth is wide with song , and his ...
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... bearing vast quantities of logs which are caught up at Narva and sawn into planks . It is the only in- dustry which makes much showing . The failure in the Russian timber industry has benefited both Finland and Esthonia - though Finland ...
... bearing vast quantities of logs which are caught up at Narva and sawn into planks . It is the only in- dustry which makes much showing . The failure in the Russian timber industry has benefited both Finland and Esthonia - though Finland ...
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... bearing out of the dead . There issued forth a singing multitude and a man carrying on a velvet cushion the ribbons and medals and crosses of the soldier . Then came the many stretched hands of those holding or touching the coffin as it ...
... bearing out of the dead . There issued forth a singing multitude and a man carrying on a velvet cushion the ribbons and medals and crosses of the soldier . Then came the many stretched hands of those holding or touching the coffin as it ...
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... bearing they could unsteady the Government and facilitate the coming coup d'état . But the Communist rising was ill - timed , or else action lagged upon decision . It is one thing to have a plan ; another to carry it out . Moscow truly ...
... bearing they could unsteady the Government and facilitate the coming coup d'état . But the Communist rising was ill - timed , or else action lagged upon decision . It is one thing to have a plan ; another to carry it out . Moscow truly ...
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Page 250 - Colonies. Armed warfare must be preceded by a struggle against the inclinations to compromise which are embedded among the majority of British workmen, against the ideas of evolution and peaceful extermination of capitalism. Only then will it be possible to count upon complete success of an armed insurrection . . . agitation-propaganda work in the Army is weak, in the Navy a very little better.
Page 251 - —these are the slogans which you must familiarise the masses with, with which you must go to work into the mass of the proletariat. These slogans will open to you the doors of comprehension of the masses, will help you to capture them and march under the banner of Communism. The military section of the British Communist Party, so far as we are aware, further suffers from a lack of specialists, the future directors of the British Red army.
Page 250 - A settlement of relations between the two countries will assist in the revolutionizing of the international and British proletariat not less than a successful rising in any of the working districts of England...
Page 250 - From your last report it is evident that agitation propaganda work in the Army is weak, in the Navy a very little better. Your explanation that the quality of the members attracted justifies the quantity is right in principle; nevertheless, it would be desirable to have cells in all the units of the troops, particularly among those quartered in the large centres of the country, and also among factories working on munitions and at military store depots.
Page 251 - ... and make a start in turning an imperialist war into a class war. Now more than ever we should be on our guard. Attempts at intervention in China show that world Imperialism is still full of vigour and is once more making endeavours to restore its shaken position and cause a new war, which as its final objective is to bring about the breakup of the Russian proletariat and the suppression of the budding world revolution, and further would lead to the enslavement of the Colonial peoples. "Danger...
Page 252 - Go attentively through the lists of the military 'cells' detailing from them the more energetic and capable men, turn attention to the more talented military specialists who have for one reason or another, left the Service and hold Socialist views. Attract them into the ranks of the Communist Party if they desire honestly to serve the proletariat and desire in the future to direct not the blind mechanical forces in the service of the bourgeoisie, but a national army. Form a directing operative head...
Page 250 - In the meanwhile, however, strain every nerve in the struggle for the ratification of the Treaty, in favour of a continuation of negotiations regarding the regulation of relations between the SSSR and England. A settlement of relations between the two countries will assist in the revolutionizing of the international and British proletariat...
Page 252 - Sir, — I have the honour to invite your attention to the enclosed copy of a letter which has been received by the Central Committee of the British Communist Party from the Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, over the signature of M.
Page 251 - ... quality of the members attracted justifies the quantity is right in principle; nevertheless, it would be desirable to have cells in all the units of the troops, particularly among those quartered in the large centres of the country, and also among factories working on munitions and at military store depots. We request that the most particular attention be paid to these latter.
Page 251 - ... Communist Party, so far as we are aware, further suffers from a lack of specialists, the future directors of the British Red army. It is time you thought of forming such a group, which, together with the leaders, might be, in the event of an outbreak of active strife, the brain of the military organisation of the party. Go attentively through the lists of the military " cells ", detailing from them the more energetic and capable men.