The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-30
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Intsrvantinn In Russia,

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 insurgents Before the bodies were thrown into long ditches red soldiers stripped Ifrom them their bloody clothing. The lclothing goes to Moscow, to the central cloth ing department After it is sterilized, it will be doled out to others. Istvestia, the official organ of the soviet, says that the lnsurrec- tion in Georgia was financed by French cap litalists and IHumanite, the communist paper in France, repeats the charge. These journals charge that the aim of the revolt was seiz- ure of the extensive oil fields in southern Russia. The history of the Russian revolu- tion, though only seven years old, abounds with instances of foreign intervention. There was Yudenitch Baron Wrangel, Semenoff and Denekine, who boasted that he had destroyed 2,000 railway stations and who was hoisted on the bayonets of his own soldiers. The troops of Czecho- Slovakia tried to upset the Ibolshevists, the English landed at Murmansk,. and the Polish army did its share. All were unsuccessful The reason is that the bolshe- ivicks welcome foreign intervention. It arouses national consciousness in the muzhiks. It binds the nation closer together. And moreover, if foreigners finance this sort of intervention, the soviets wash their hands of the charge that the Third Internationale is meddling in the internal affairs of other na- tions. It's case of tit for tat. .,.. :. ss, ,. God Save The Queen" l Protestant clergymen out in the west make bitter complaint about the activities of agents belonging to the Industrial Workers of the World. In the mining camps, always difficult field for the preachers of the gos- pei, there is so much hostility, so much scorn, so great despise for our ministers" that little headway can be made. But now the I. w. WIS have gone so far as to parody most of the hymns, generally sung In the, churches. "Work and pray, live on hay, you'll get pie iD the sky when you die" is one sample of paraphrasing a well known hymn telling of the blessed state the faithful will enter in the hereafter The men who go out to mining and lumber camps to represent the church should be MEN. It does not matter such a great deal about their proficiency in homiletics, but they should know how to mix with the hard-boiled, straight-ipped pio- neers If they play the game, there will be no criticism, no scorn, no despise mans s a man out there. As for the parodies. There is a delightful instance in history that may be
 taken with a grain of salt. It is said
 Dutch man O war lay in an English harbor when Queen Victoria happened to visit the city, She expressed desire to see the Dutch ship. When the commander of the boat was told of it, he instructed his men about the reception. "Now when the queen comes on board you must all start singing the English national anthem: God Save the Queen. '" One or tne SalIOrS UOlu nIuu thdt HO uAu nOI know the song. "Well," said the captain, "you know the Dutch song about the old farmers horse that ran away and that they let go because it was not worth catching.
 Sing that song, it's the same tune." The
 sailors did. The queen, it is said, was weeply
 moved at the touching sailor chorale, and the
 more when she was informed that it was a
 translation of the English national anthem.
 
 III rR,o,, Au VUonk FVha Iaw NOw | What solicitude for the Jews at once in the
 progrom countries. Russia has set aside g | large tract of land in the Crimea for settle ment purposes and now follows the Ukraine
 with a tract of eight million acres and sun Fof one million chevronetz to be devoted tC
 agricultural improvement. The Jews are in t vited to go on the land and make it pros |: porous, self-sustaining agricultural soviet
 Some of the Jews will probably accept thu
 invitation. It may be better than continuinl l. to live in the cities where the most dreadful j. and barbarous massacres are staged from um' y to time. The curious part is that no sucl r. solicitude for the Jews has been known dur D ing the past centuries. But the soviets O
 both Russia and Ukrainia are afraid tha /: they will lose the Jew. In Palestine, thing e continue to improve. The report submitted e to the League of Nations shows that Al
 new land is brought in readiness by tn ," Zionist pioneers, more Jews in the ghetto
 
 r of Europe become eligible to journey to tn l. Holy Land, where they may lift up thel o heads and breathe the air of freedom an' a happiness, guaranteed by the greatest empir y in the world and an empire that sticks by 1t
 word and if needs be marshals it's tremendou
 power to show it's faith in "scrap of paper. |. & l.. |
 e Dreams.
 l. In the Westphalian "Nlission-Zeitung' WI
 read that a prominent German lady had IS dream in which she saw the kaiser returninI U to Berlin and mounting the throne in all thu e old pomp and glory of pre-war days. Tn " lady had other dreams before, it seemed, ant o they all came true, we are told. There is Int D. tie doubt that some of the junkers would lik
 the lady to expound little further on he
 dream and tell them who were the kaiser t companions and his courtiers in her visior That would be interesting indeed. Mr. Yeat Id the Irish poet, says somewhere that an ol
 servant to an uncle of his used to say ths
 dreams were no longer true when the sa
 began to rise," and when asked how she kne'
 that, replied: What is the use of havin H. brains unless you know a thing like that.R