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...York. Mr. Whalen handed out to newspapers a set of letters obtained by his undercover men, one typed on the stationery of Amtorg, others with Moscow letterheads. Impartial observers wondered if here was another "Zinoviev Letter," like that which rocked British politics in 1924 and upset the first MacDonald Cabinet after it had recognized the Soviet Government. Crudely phrased, prolix, roundabout, the letters arrive awkwardly at these points: 1) One "Feodor" of Moscow writes to one "G. Grafpen," ordering him to go to "Seattle in the State of Washington," conferring on him a "mandate" respecting "illegal work," and continuing: "Between...
...means some day to plunge into the Russian Bear. Millions of Russians believe today in "the inevitability of the international class war": Communism v. Capitalism. Example: When the Naval Conference met in London, leading Moscow papers printed an "exposé" in which the "real purpose" of Messrs. Hoover and MacDonald in calling the Conference was alleged to be the hatching of a plot for concerted action by the Capitalist Powers against Communist Russia...
...hours earlier George V had assented, as Emperor of India, to what was about to be done. His assent had been cabled by Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald to the Viceroy of India, Baron Irwin. Making grotesque patterns of light and shadow, the flashlight danced about the bungalow until it picked out sleeping St. Gandhi who stirred, awakened blinking, grasped the situation at once and quietly observed...
With flunkeys in scarlet posted at portals blossoming with hydrangea, the annual Royal Academy exhibition opened last week in London's Burlington House. Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald and his daughter Ishbel were first to arrive, followed by hordes of British socialites. The best-dressed gentlemen and worst-dressed ladies in the world gathered in the galleries, talked very loudly, paid but scant attention to the pictures. Less notable people, among whom was a bland Chinaman with a topper and a green orchid, found a few exhibits to interest them...
...incident recalls a similar one that occurred this past Fall when L. B. Cohen, leader of the Harvard Socialist Club at that time, was arrested and fined for distributing and posting circulars entitled "Welcome, MacDonald" in and around the Square...