The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-02-08
REVOLUTION IN
RUSSIA COMING
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tried To make life uncomfortable for the
Russian and Finnish eXles, and sue
ceeded to high degree. She referred
10 the capital of this country, where
she said the Russian spy system was
in evidence and warned her audience
10 keep their eyes open. She referred
| 70 the Houndsditch murder case in
London, in which number of police
and burglars were shot some time ago
and added that there was an element
! Of mystery attached 10 that case ia
! that the ringleader, known as Peter.
! the Great had never been arrested.
| that he escaped in miraculous way.
was well supplied with money and
| the burglar tools. Nine. Malmberg in
ferred he was Russian spy, or i'm
the pay of the Russian government,
and that the plot was one 10 hurt IN
Russian exile in the eyes of the Brit
ish government and populace.
Her final words of the lecture were
striking and in language that could
not be misunderstood. She said
FINLAND cannot De crushed Let
Russia DO what it viii. the time will
come when Finland will be free"
Predicts Revolution.
In reply 10 the question by mem
her of the Woman's club. How can
FINLAND he helped" Nine. Malmhere
replied. There win be a revolution
in Russia and blood will flow as Eu- |
has 1. .
ditions i'm Russia are awful. Official |
statistics show that children of the !
tender ages, between ten and sixteen |
years. are committing suicide. because |
Of depression and hopelcssness. De. |
preston is IN the air of Russia. If |
Russia is freed, Finland will he freed" |
Minis Malberg referred to the at |
tempt OF Russia To float its bonds in !
this country. and asked her hearers |
not 10 give a penny toward purchasing !
them. She said France and England |
has helped Russia by purchasing gov
eminent bonds, but Germany had held |
aloof
Nine. Mamberg in response To |
another question stated that half of |
the money voted by the Finnish diet |
for education i'm Finland had been APP
propriated 10y Russia for military pur-
poses.
Asked to tell something Of the ST. !
berian prisons, Nine. Malmberg said |
that the prisoners were being slowly |
tortured to death, especially in Riga.
Referring to the intellectually of Fin
land and Russia, the speaker said tina
Finland ranked much higher than
Russia. Whereas illiteracy was only
about 40 per cent in Finland, il was
% per cent in Russia, and perhaps
higher. She referred To the years be
tween 1899 andd 1905. when Russia
was particularly aggressive against
Finland. Hundreds of Firms were ar
rested and sent To Siberian prisons
during those black years. Meetings In ,
public were forbidden ana the press
OF the country suppressed.
TN 1908 We got back all of our old |
rights and some new ones" said Nine
Malmberg, including the general
adult suffrage"
Nine. Malmberg referred to the
Finnish diet az containing fourteen |
women members. all of them brilliant
and well educated. who had presented |
bills To the diet. all of which,
however. were not ratified In ST. Pet
ersburg.
Best Books to Read.
Nine Malmberg paid a glowing trib- /
ute To Mime Babuska, known as The
Little GRANDMOTHER" now exiied in
the very remotest part of Siberia, who
is 20 years of age. and one of the
grandest workers In the cause of free !
dom that ever lived.
In response Ia the question, What |
works should be read To familiarizc |
ones self with the cause of Finland"
Mime. Malmberg replied. Siberia by |
Cannon, y very true and interesting |
book. published 20 years ago. when |,
conditions were bad enough i'm Siberia. !
but which are very much worse at
the present time: a weekly published
in London. called Darkest Russia.
price. 81 per year. Recent Events tina
Have Happened I'm Russia by Lucien |
Wolff. one Of the editors of the Fort !
nightly Review: Finland, the land of
Thousand Lakes Letters from Fin |
land by Rosalind Travers; Finland. !
by Ernest Young, and book on !
,Azcn. by George Silva, and a French !,
author
She was informed by member of |
the audience that there was in Calu. |,
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