Word: pravda
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...current number of the Pravda, the official organ of the Soviets, contains a cartoon. This represents three rollicking gentlemen, (arm-in-arm, in top hats, one of which is encircled by a nimbus. Underneath are three names, The King of England,' 'MacDonald and 'Jesus Christ...
...representatives of the Soviets are now in London, regarded as our guests and were received by His Majesty at yesterday's levee, two days after the arrival of this number of the Pravda in England from Moscow...
...said to be thriving despite severe restrictions imposed by the Soviet authorities. Peasants do the bootlegging for the most part, because they find that they can get more for their grain by using it for distilling the illicit beverage than by selling it to the Government. According to the Pravda, Moscow journal, grain to the value of more than $3,000,000 was used last year in the manufacture of vodka...
...Izvestia and the Pravda, Moscow Communist journals, the latter of which is the official organ of the Communist Party, referred to British "baseless insinuations," to "countless Colonial slaves," and berated British Premier Macdonald for "opposing the Hindu revolutionaries" and for "taking a false step in mentioning Russia's debts...
...Pravda functions as an official party organ and the former editors cry that impartial journalism has been outraged...