The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-28

lowing the overthrow of the Czar. The writer shows that a small percentage of the Russian people t; really represented by the bolsheviki who secured control of the govern ment through series of mischances which played into their hands. That the heart of Russia is sound he has no doubt, That the real senti- ment of the nation will triumph in the end he is convinced The strug- gle has been too long, the people have sacrificed too much for their ideals, the evils of absolutism are too recent for the people to submit much longer to form of absolutism which is even worse than anything they have ex- perienced in the past.
 MT. Sack has made notable con- tribution to authentic sources of in- formation on Russia. The volume has hundreds of illustrations of those who have been prominent in the events of the past century. Some of the speeches delivered while the pro- visional government was wrestling with the war and trying to stem the 1 tide of unrest and 1oosening discip- line due to the influence of German propagandists into whose hands the bolsheviki played, are as inspiring as anything ever spoken in great mo- ments of the worlds history. Through the various speeches and addresses there runs marked strain of grati- tude toward the United States for it's encouragement and for it's conspicu- ousness as an example of type of democracy to which the real leaders of the nation were struggling. * x x
 There is always bit of "oolor'' in the news. if one will only look for it For instance, gamblers employed at Agua and subtle Chinamen were used as strike breakers
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 Many intimate details are now being published about the presidential candi- dates which have no particular bearing on their fitness for the office to which they aspire.
 Proposals of marriage from German girls will not be taken seriously in Amer ica, but if they would propose to come over and help solve the servant problem they would be given respectful hearing. x < q Elsie Janis was robbed of jewelry val ued at more than s50Ooo. While this looks like an old rlse to get publicity, newspaper men who were on the spot believed Elsie's tears to be genuine- < # E Since the circuses won't be around for $ ,me time yet, the suggestion that all the Alabama senatorial candidates meet in Birmingham and tell the people why they ought to be elected is good one. N ! The atmosphere at San Remo is so tram ouil it looks as if no more foreign streets named offer President Wilson would have their names changed to something else
 The supreme courts delay in passing on the constitutionality of the prohibition amendment and the enforcement act en- courages .ebitterness'' among the '-wets g There was a time when the ''spud''
 was considered quite plebian. Due em-
 pl asis should be placed on the past tense of the verb to be-
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 The old-fashioned s>iftieian vas proud
 to have the backing Of 3 salll.enaire. but nowadays n candids se keeps nat kind of support strictly SD rosa.
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 Like most of the otlaf Eecel'siws candi-
 dates. the Hon. Char. Clark ss willing
 to sacrifice himself en che aasa7 of his I country if the cal, is E 'iztont x * X
 What's become of sn woman Aaaer who
 used to say that whsp' eoesea got the vote curly haired movie ae serudl be elected President of the sed s'ates,