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The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-12-15
CHRISTMAS CLUB
SAVINGS BRINGS
MUCH GLADNESS
Over $4,000 being Paid Out To
Former Members by Merchants
And Farmers Bank Who Joined
Xmas Savings Club last year.

When the newspapers are filled
with the slogan, "Do your Christmas
Shopping Early" when the store
windows are gorgeous with sensible
and useful gifts for Xmas Day, many
is the man and woman, boy and girl,
who looks with wistful eyes and lug
ubriously digs into pocket or purse
to see what are the resources for
the Christmas buying. Too many,
sad to note. find that Santa has come
upon them unawares. They have not
realized that Christmas is here, and
they are not prepared to pay for
those little rememberances which
muteiy speak of affection and es-
TEEN.
It is a matter of extreme pleasure
To many hundreds of thoughtful peo-
pie IN Marietta that this empty feel
mo will not dominate their thoughts
When Santa displays his wares this
Year. All during the year these can
ny people have been regularly calling
a. the Christmas Club window OF
ther bank and there they have been
4 oeno7iting a small sum in a little
pSSs-book ready for old Saint Mich
Gas md his magic pack.
Above $4,000 in cash is being paid
put this week to club members who
TONED the Christmas Club at the Mer-
chants and Farmers Bank last De
4 cember.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-12-15
LETTERS TO SANTA
CLAUS TO BE BIG
FEATURE NEXT WK.

The announcement appearing In
Inc last weeks issue of the jour
nal In regard to the fact that all
letters from the Riddles to Santa
claus would be printed and for
".arded to the famous old guard
ian of the Christmas holidays has
brought forth such a food Of let
lers that we have decided to run
feature double page next week
larTLylng nothing but these letters.
Every kiddie who has not yet
written is requested to get his or
ger letter in not later than Tues
Gay of next week.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-12-15
LOCAL COUNCIL
OFFICERS FOR YEAR

At the regular meeting Of the 10
cal council of the Jr. o. U. A. NJ,
officers were elected for the incoming
The Marietta Lodge has had very
successful year and many new mem
be- have been added to the org{ani-
zation. Having been organized here t
o o three years the organization has
grown to be one of the strongest 10
cal orders. e.,,.os of
+bo Jnnior order are $500 life insu-
rance raT e and and S. week sick benefits.
The officers elected Tuesday night
were. W. Co,,o
cilor. ]. J. Black, Jr.; Inside Senti-
mel. T. J. Brooke: Outside SentInel'
lanes L. Logan; Warden, 7. E. Ker-
lev: Conductor. Glover Burton
Financial secretary, Paul Brown; Re
cording secretary, J. E. Sanders
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-12-15
Tag Day and Address In Park at
4P. M. Will Feature Saturday
In Anti Tubercular Drive of the
Red Cross-Big Dinner Being
Planned for Next Thursday.

Unless you are different in your
makeup from the average person, you
have during the past few days under
one or more, or all, of the following
circumstances: place of business, on
your way to and from work or some
important engagement, enjoying a
square meal either at home or abroad
in some cafe), bouncing the kiddie
an The knee for recreation-or may
be. III case you have no kiddie, your
hest Girl, or as was the case with the
writer. while rivaling the female Of
he species in their stamping grounds
by juggling the dish rag among the
pots and pans of the last meal been
approached by some tot, or else by
Whole battilions and regiments of
chem in such beseeching and at the
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-12-15

ferings came from thruout the entire
county and some from Atlanta.
While complete details of the death
of the lieutenant are not in evidence
and cannot be disclosed in full until
the navy board of inquiry for the pur-
pose can make its report, this board
in a telegram to Dr. Middlebrooks
Wednesday stated that the Lieuten-
ant was completely indicated in the
preliminary investigation for any re
sponsibility in the accident, which oc-
cured by the car that Lieutenant
Middlebrooks was driving, colliding
with mule team and resulting in the
breaking of his neck. The accident
occurred just after dark 1t is said
that after the accident Lieutenant
pital and although his neck was bro
ken, lived until after he had reach
ed there.
Lieutenant Middlebrooks was born
near Douglasville, July Is, 1889. He
graduated from Young Harris and af-
forwards took a degree at the judi
son Medical college, of Philadelphia.
When the war broke out, he entered
the transport service of the United
States in the Medical department
March, 1917. He was transferred ia
ter to the 18th regiment of marines
and went to France with them. His
services both during the war and since
has won him decided distiction in
his line of work.
Lieutenant Middlebrooks was loved
by all who knew him. whether white
or black and a greater life can be
lived by no one man than this-he
was loved best by those who knew
him best.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-12-15
School Boys and Girls of County
Pushinq Sale of Christmas Seals

same time demanding manner that
a refusal would not be brOoked, that
you purchase their lot of Christmas
seals for the Red Croos anti-tubercu-
lar movement If any questions were
asked you were always told in a reg
ular avalanche Of words that Cobb
county was trying to sell at least
$500 of these seals in order that the
county might have for the use of the
county health department to stamp
out tuberculosis, one half Of this sum
and that if smaller amount was raj
ed the county would get only one
fourth the total amount raised.
And, most important of all, ther
would tell you that the county head
of the drive. Mrs, H. f H9oue. shiv
assisted by DR. Todd and Miss Gibbs
of the health department, had set ev-
cry school boy and girl in the county.
a total Of many thousands pupils from
over fifty schools, at the work in the
way Of contest. that in Marietta, the
grade selling the greatest number Of
seals would secure a bond, and most
Continued on page 100
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-12-15
PENSION MONEY BE
PAID IN FEW DAYS
SAYS CA. GOVERNOR
Supreme Court Action UNFOLDING
constitutiorality Of the Sale of
The Warrants Of the w. & A.
Has made Possible Payment Of
Pensions before Xmas Day.

letter from Governor Hardwick to
the effect that the state will be able
to pay all pensioners within the next
few days. The letter in full follows:
December IS. 1921.
To the Ordinary Of Cobb county.
Marietta, Ga.
MY Dear Judge:
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-12-15

Witnessed Wednesday afternoon
by one of the largest crowds ever at
tending funeral in Powder Springs
and which more than twice exceed
ed the capacity of the Methodist
Church and which attested more, per-
haps, than anything else could, unless
it was the veritable wilderness of flo
raj offerings which were heaped up
on the casket, the touching esteem
in which he was held by all those who
had known him, the last sad rites were
performed over the body of Lieuten-
ant John r. Middlebrooks, of the
United States navy, age 80 and son
of DIR. and Mrs. J. D. Middlebrooks,
whose tragic death occurred last Sat
ulady afternoon in an automobile ac-
cident near where he was stationed
at Portsmouth, Va. DR. ]. A. Sharp,
head of Emory Academy, officiated.
assisted by the local pastor. Rev. S.
NJ. Baker Immediately ALLOWING,
he was given masonic burial in the
Methodist cemetery at Powder Sprin-
gs by the Springville Lodge number
SO, Lieutenant Brooks being mas
ter mason.
Among the myriad of floral offer
ings was one from the medical Off
Ger comrades of the dead lieutenant
at Hampton Roads, Virginia and two
more from Norflk Other floral Of
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-12-15

kennesaw Couple Charged with Murder of Hour Old Sonu
PARENTS ATTEMPTED
To COVER MARRIAGE
OILY 4 NO. CHARGED

Cobb Grand Jury Indicts Mr.. and
Mrs. Hollis Flynn on Charge of
Using Carbolic Acid to End
Life Of Hour Old Child, Aug
II 10 alleged Mar. Of only 4
Months.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-12-15
Grand Master Bowdoin
Be At Masonic Meet
Fri; Annual Election

The Kennesaw Lodge No. 80, F. &
A. NJ. announces thru its worshipful
Continued on page 10.)
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-12-15
Many Hundreds Attend Funeral of
Ii. MddIebrooks on "Wednesday

Was Killed In Automobile Acct
dent Near Portsmouth, Virginia,
Late Saturday afternoon-Nav-
al Board Of Enquiry States Ac-
cident was not fault of Dead
Man.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-12-15

(ContiAued on Page 81
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-12-15

Continued on page 10.)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-10
Stars and Stripes and
RuSSia'S Red Flag Fly
in Same Block at Riga

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S,-,t,... ,,,,i ,i,. Ped r',r Of the E.>s,:u
S,,I,r Enlr;h.i. unv :;ar II! ;he .slIut
r:.rlr IN ,h.. sam, b u,.k in I,ga
Thu. lig ,;.:,ian #ut,u,ohi,. e." Ih"
Eo!sh,.la r.r,>trr. NJ tigu",I,,y. "a
n" h.u Nr.-r!,ur ,ar - tie Americas:
roi.ruiSy.nn.-. t'al:air Evan N"In~
pass rtrh ether - iEr >.r".,i~ dal,I. hI'
neither his f.. l,, -. r"n>imjt, "f
.Ncs" nt,i.,> has ,.,:.r" arl l.cf"v"nr"
In rn. :r.u.dt, "Dna '-hrurN- - "u .c>t~' .
ar.rra. &c .,.I 'I.. N.i":n'.H ant 10
Size. -, r..;'... - ..''.l"s have - rna'';I'I
Tlr"" IS. lry"lrt 4 ,puS'.t't ,:'n''"c
nd @..uy ~ go. ~ ,''r..'r Americans -
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t., rn,... i:a~>,a. a'.G HnwSparc~ CORE
So ,r,ic:..S ..r.. 'h",- daj'} IN S"arrA "t
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-10
May Favor Suspension
Of Naval Construction

Washington. Nov. . Indications de-
v"lnred ,ctly M: no Senate which
yesterday al, ped resolution urginh
publicity for NJ, III, sessions o. the
Arwarer, conference nigh, consider
making = "rf.ne~ expression r"tauNe %
:rC conr.,.aco IN ~" t.rrl ~: \ proposed
susuers:,r ,.r he Nrua-'Car naval hUiiN
INK program m. r"n.l.rg conference neEo-
'ja':ons.
Sana.or r"tr-rH-s pAn,ocrat. ~ Onio.
who has ,'.'rnGurei n resolution ror
such n suspension or f.rrrd today with
rrosldar, Harding -HEa riding + bur
would no. indicate ag;"rward how soon
10 nigh, a'r"mp' :" cal! = NJ for
action.
S,na'n- runr-~ne Has 'nkHn tNa p"-
,t,ion -ha, - hAl' ma A. hu!lh'1E during
.n. c,a..rrnrr would "" ne N's' Hoss:-
hi. demonstration - he good 'a'h OF
lis garrrrinsr' lie IS urh"rs'""d -"
have S,ronE.v urged these views upon
~. President.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-10
General Jacques Sees
NY. in Good Old Way

New YOrH Nor S--'Iv!' 1T" n...'HrE
dign.tartes ct New Nur~ ,'''. a:1 S'"t"
greeted Lieut. ,;ensra' j&ar"n jacques ~
the Belgian army ;oGa,. a' 4 'un'h""n
and reception given ~ tn" g"v"rr"" )
committee !or n" rc.sIt,v" -; "iSt!"-
guIshed guests
General jacques tod hS- osts what
q Jolly time he had Yesterday In r!ti.-
dan clothes when he sought :" See \"~
York as the New Yorker secs L. He SAID
ne rods IN the s;uTei and roaring sub
way. climbed on a Ficth avenue bus TO
watch the shopping crowds. and lurrh"d
a. an "automat" In tha cheNtTc district.
Tho genera, put the nirksls INTO IN"
slots himself and acted Ike boy oHt
OF school" said Col. Starr. military sec
retary Of Governor Miller
Lieut. Governor Wood and MAJOR Zen
eral Organ. OF the Na'i"nai guard.
spoke at the luC cheon.
Tonight. General Jacques dccora I'D
nve Twenty-seYench division war vetc--
ans With the Belgian croIx ne C;uerre at
the 33rd regiment armory IN BROOKLYN
Then he reviewed tho regiment.
After tho review. General Jacques
was presented with a sabre IN silver
scabbard. a gift from tho officers and
men Of the regiment.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-10
GERMANY HOPES FOR
DEBT CANCELLATION

Berlin. Nov s.-CRy Tho Associated
PresS-Beliss that mo Washington
conference viii result IN cancellation or
postponsment % pa - ~ -" var
debts allowed - the United S'a'Hs ~
tho Entente nat ors "a oppressed ~ Or
Frederick Rosen. former foreign min
ister In an article IN 10 D"ui'he h""g'
smsins Ze.tunE. In 'h:s event +" he
ueyes. the German rspara;ions terms
will DO revised.
O;herwisr. la declares. ne feels ma
the Germans have nothing 20 hope from
,ha conference. "a 'h~ manner n w','"n
Armament limitation has hAaa implied
20 Germany instead .: being step ga.
ward word peace. has only 'a'd no
sra,,nd work ror rutura conflicts with
rs~ avar!,ioUs n"ishbnTs. who have h""n
ssck,nK BY every means possible 10
>.-r,.rs control % n" Sr"a, German In
Gus,r:rs.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-10
MAY GET PARKERSBURC HIGH To
MEET BUCKHANNON FOR HONORS
DIRECTOR or ATHLETICS OF WEST
VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SUG-
aESTS THANKSGIVING
GAME
Invites TWO Undsfsated Teams to Meet
On university Gridtron For
State Championship

Special Dispatch "a The TH;e.HEcn'"r.
MorgautoW ". Va. \vy. --u''"' :
tor Of Athletics II StrnS""rE -
West N3-g:n., int, "r>'rH t"'t'N d.
patched a te,eXra II - i'nrk"r~"u:s "H''
Ruckhannon suggesting thn. tIeE" tM.'
undefeA:ed high school e,"Nca~ nigga
set together on the University H"'d ~
the morning o: Thank <" ,ac Day -
sett,e the hiSi. s"hU". '>tA;" 'hA;npl"H-
ship In the afternoon the West NT-
ginia vs. WASHINGTON and Jefferson t"'-
lege game VIII draw me-" ihan zen
thousand people here from all sections
* the state and tn" state h!gh S'A""'
ma mpionsh!p match :msSU. l." witnessed
BY larger crowd h"c" tNHi' "1N """'"
else n the state. c>r"c.t"I G" hi~ "c-
caSloa., 7, Is understood ;..,t n"tH these
etcveas already have games s'h"dh'eI
with other opponents - THaUhSS:r:nS
but reports her" AZ" I" 'h". e"e"t t.'a;
a sht,t may be- mad" :" ?S'N' /" f"r Il
definite decision on ihc state raanp:V"S
for the year.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-10
|riSh-AmeriCan War
Hero Buried at Dublin

p..hII. Soy > The body Of George
,I"nu "u" e the tw"nty-slX lrisn
American drad. brought here last week
iron. AmiwrrI. WAS buried Today In tie
,;!.snryin cemetery The burial was
preceded 3y q mass which was attended
", he lloyd MAYOR ~ lpHbl.n: charles
4 Rrq,. American vice consul here anu
a number ur Irish Nm"ri"an soldiers
who :.IS..' IN tie w"rld war.
IN" GOTTA vas drap"d WIZ IN" Stars
ami ~,rIr,s Turr" NaS TO military dis
pla, 10 connection Win lie :un"ra! ana
bUrin! services.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-10
COLD WAVE; SNOW

Following steady rain u solS-a,
hours la,e yesterday IN h"ar." N m"
night. tho mercury h"Car fd"!"g rapidly
lat night shorty after 'atdm.g'' sp'-
OF snow zen IN Wh""':nc Tor ~"."rI!
minutes Tho snow was driven - a
high wind
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-10
UNKNOWN HERO
CONTINUED From Page ons)
Tho Debai katton.

fl- sasIrrs arid n'nr'u"s az guards or
!u.u.,, e, r'.' dead i' each corner and
1T the head 80 ~" hicr.
Evening journal., 1921-04-13
FIX ROAD SCHEDULE
FOR ROAD WORK

Special to The Evening Journal.
DOVER. April 23.-At a meeting
OF the Kent County Levy Court yes
terday the schedule OF wages for
labor on the roads was fixed for the
year as follows:
Supervisors, IS cents per hour;
laborers, 25 cents per hour; horse
10 cents per hour.
The court also fixed the price OF
S125 per month for use Of road ma
chinery by construction companies.
who desire 70 use such machinery
and make application for same.
The commissioners visited the
Kent county Jail and found condi-
tions in good order. The court ap-
proved the contract between the
state and the county for furnishing
the old county building now owned
by the State.
At the meeting Of the st. Pauls
Brotherhood OF the Peoples Chris
tan Church held last evening, Pro-
fessor c. b. Ridgeway, former
president Of a college in California
and for many years holding a chair
in the University of Wyoming, de-
livered an interesting address on
England and Scotland.
Evening journal., 1921-04-13
R.R. RATE REDUCTION
SOON, OFFICER THINKS

NEW YORK. April 13-Archibald
Fries. vice-president Of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad. in an ad-
dress before the Shippers Confer
ence Of Greater New York said pri-
vate ownership and operation OF
railroads under Government regula-
ton is the accepted formula for the
future. He predicted rates would
rise no higher and would soon be re-
duced by economy OF operation.
The railroads Of the country, un-
der the transportation Act, are fac
ing a test period" he said. IF they
fail, something else will have to be
tried. I believe rates now are as
high as they Rn be put"
He pleaded for the cooperation OF
shippers. and declared the railroads
are doing their best TO aid them.
None OF the water routes. carrying
cargoes 10 the Pacific Coast through
the Panama Canal should be abol-
ished, he said, declaring there is
plenty Of business for all. although
Trans-Continental railroad officials
are becoming alarmed over the es-
adjustment Of new ship lines.
Evening journal., 1921-04-13

The Want Ads will be helpful TO
hotels and restaurants. Walters and
thefs and general hotel help will be
favored through the medium OF the
Want Ada
Evening journal., 1921-04-13
ENDEAVORERS
DINEAND RALLY
Rev. William Crawford
Urges Hearers to Uphold
Right Principles
DAYLIGHT SAVING
PLAN is ENDORSED

The Rev. william Crawford. OF
Spring Day Presbyterian Church.
Yonkers. y. Y. and former pastor
Of Greenhni Presbyterian Church.
this city, addressed the annual spring
rally Of the Wilmington Christian
Endeavor Union, in St. Pauls NJ. +.
Church last night. The rally was
preceded by dinner OF Endeavor-
ers
DIR. Crawford's forceful address
on the subject Of Loyalty and Prin-
ciple," was given before an audi
ence OF more than one hundred and
fifty Endeavorers. Dr. Crawford
said in part:
Every weak man can make his
influence felt among his fellow-men.
The man who, when he is positive he
is right is willing 10 stand for what
he thinks is right, for his principles.
and II need be. stand alone. will
soon find that he is not standing all
alone"
Speaking Of principle Rev. Craw-
ford said. The law of principle IS a
law that must reign everywhere. II
is a law that boy will follow when
his mother is with him, and one he
will follow just as much as when he
Is out with his boy friends"
III the law does not reign every
where he declared. "it is not a
law Of principle. because it is not a
real principle. A real man. DR.
I Crawford said. 'is a man who will
stand unswervingly by his principles,
whether ne is I'm the desert Of Sa-
hara. or on the streets of Whining
ton"
In the banquet room following the
/ dinner speeches were made boy
the Rev. Charles c. Earle, of Beth
any Baptist Church; the Rev. Joel
S. Gnhuan, OF Olvet Presbyterian
Church: the Rev Carlisle l.. Hub
bard. Of St. Pauls NJ. T. Church,
and others. following which the
spring rally was held in the church
assembly room.
The meeting opened with devo-
tional services led by DR.. Hubbard.
after which the report OF the secre-
tary was given. showing a success
ful record for the past year. Sew
eral musical selections were given
by Alan A. Atchison and the Green
hill Quartet. composed OF Miss Jane
Smith Miss Jessie Peoples, Edgar
/ ID. Peoples and Ernest Peoples.
The meeting was closed by the in
/ stallation Of officers elected at the
previous meeting. The Rev Joel $
/ IGnhllan had charge Of this part Of tho
| program. in which he made a short
speech Of greeting, telling the new
officers that the union was not only
satisfied with them, but was graft
fed. The officers are: President
| Dorothy II. Krauss. first vice-prcsi-
dent. Robert G. Hackett; second
vice-president Herbert ". Curtis
recording secretary, Mary Banta
corresponding secretary. Mary G
| Barlow; treasurer. Harvey Gray
chorister. Edgar d. Peoples: auditor
Lester B. Haislett; pastor counselor
Rev. Leonard r. Smith.
During the business session a reso
luton was passed indorsing the day
light saving plan.
Evening journal., 1921-04-13

split over this compromise within
the Bolshevik ranks will be widened.
for Lenin and Krassin favor this
compromise. while Trotzky. Zinoviev
and the madder fanatics are against
1t.
They realize that external aggres-
sion has only served TO unite the
warning factions in a common bond
of self-defense. They see that the re-
moval Of the barriers shutting OF
Russia from the rest of the world
will result in the fun truth of actual
conditions b e. a. % M ng universally
known. and this fact alone will more
than neutralize the Bolshevik prop
aganda designed 10 depict Soviet
Russia as a workers paradise.
They foresee that with the resus-
citation OF normal intercourse. re-
sulting in better feeding, the vitality
of the city population viii return.
The people will again think inde-
pendently. they will cease 20 be
cowed they will refuse 10 be terror
lied as at present. they will demand
the restoration OF lost political rights
and will never permit themselves 10
be thrown back into their present
state of semi-barbarism.
And II Lenin rescinds this conces-
sion. If foreign governments fail 90
compel a.? Then the horizon is still
dark and -shadowed. All that
can be said is that a government that
seized power by violence, that rules
by violence and that breaches vio-
lence. can only meet its end by vio-
lence, and Russia will be plunged
into chaos. But how long that will
take. no man can foreteil.
Copyright. 1921, y. e. A.
In his next article. Sir Paul Dukes
will discuss the conflict OF COmmun-
ism with human nature as he saw II
and experienced Il I'm Russia.
Evening journal., 1921-04-13

sat on a table In a great hall
surrounded by workmen and sol
diers. and tapped my shirt up and
down as others did for ventilation
while the Bolshevik orators an
nounced the early transfer Of the
seat of the Bolshevik government 70
Paris. Rome. or Berlin.
And how bewildered the Bolshe-
viks were when they discovered later
that this positive world revolution
hadn't come Off after all.
No. the world revolution has been
one Of a series OF colossal miscalcu-
lations on Lenin's part. Was not his
dream Of forcing Communism upon
a peasant-peopled Russia a huge
miscalculation Was not the over
running of Europe last year by the
Red Army a miscalculafiOn? Has
not Lenin's reading of the psychology
Of western democracies been mis-
calculation? His letters TO the Brit
ish workers last summer definitely
decided them against afiiliation with
the Bolshevik international. Miscal-
culations, one after another. And
so is his latest move Of holding out
an olive branch to Capitalism.
For do the English and other Eu-
-opean capitalists. hard-headed bus
!ness men with knowledge Of Russia
who are now contemplating tentative
dealings with that country, really
intend to bolster up the Bolshevik
government. in order that an ulti-
mate world revolution may be has
tened?
Not likelyl They see that the
granting Of the right Of free trading
and the restoration Of freedom "a
the Cooperative Societies, both OF
which are essential TO the restora-
tion Of Russia as a whole, will be the
suicide OF the Bolshevik government
They see that the already-existine