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its puppets in Washington and of its
kept press. What is that interest?
It is the interest in the rich mineral
resources of the Riff. Only recently
the press informed us that a huge
syndicate headed by American pluto
Gratis was about to take over the con-
cessions of the German firm of Bros
Mannersman in the country of Riff.
Is it not plausible to presume that
the deal is now closed and that the
imperialist exploiters are. impatient
to begin the exploitation? Is it not
also plausible to presume that the
American imperialists are not salts
fed with the results of the military
measures of their French allies with
their slow progress against the in
domitable. Ritians? Could it not be
that the House Of Morgan came to the
conclusion that the methods of
peaceful penetration" are more ef-
ficient al thisD time, when it is clear
that only q long drawn out and ex--
hausting campaign could subdue the
Riffians. 80 Ta -H 2.
II these supposition5 are true to
fact, then the reason for the sudden
change Of heart by the state depart
ment and the press" which puzzles
so much the American aviators in
Morocco and also, perhaps, great
many citizens OF the United States,
becomes quite clear. pa Va
THE activity of the American. ayia-
i tors became. embarrassing to the
House of Morgan seeking peace" in
Morocco and, consequently, to its
state department in Washington. AS
good American citizens the aviators
should not grumble. The 'fnterests of
their nation" demand, that they cease
their activity, and they must submit,
even If their prestige is to suffer. The
state department should have whis-
pefed this beforehand into their ears.
If our judgment of the situation is
correct, and, indeed, there is some
good basis for it, then we may ex-
pect that peace" will soon come to
the troubled Morocco. The House of
Morgan needs only to wink. This is
a favorable moment. The French dele
CATION is here to settle the question
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of French loans. The fate of France
is in the hands bf the House Of Nor
gan. Without its support the franc
would tumble, and state bankruptcy
would follow. A little pressure-and
the Moroccan war will end. The &C
ton of the state department would
indicate that this is the policy Of the
American imperialism, and events
will show whether this is the case.
DUT were it so, what carries this
- peace" in store for the Morocco
ans? Instead of the efficient, pro-
gressive and benevolent''-(be
lent indeedD French administration.
there appears upon the scene more
efficient" a more progressive" and
a great deal more benevolent" fac
tor--the American Imperialism, taking
hold of the precious resources OF the
land of Riff. American imperialism
needs and covets the mineral resource
es of Morocco, its zinc, and copper,
and iron. 1t. will fight for their pos
session just as Germany fought With
the coming of the British-Americen
syndicate into Morocco, the Morocco
ans face a new and more powerful
enemy than the French imperialism.
They face the American imperialism
with its all-powerful industry, its un-
limited supply of gold, its dread
naughts and air fleets, and its enorm-
Gus man power. In the future Ameri-
can marines and soldiers will, I'M
doubtedly, try to accomplish the task
which battles now the French war
machine. For the. Moroccoans, as for
all other oppressed peoples in their
fight for freedom, there is only one
way Of successfully opposing the ar
ray of imperialist forces--to join
hands with the revolutionary move
ment of the workers thruout the
world. Just as now they find their
best allies in the French Communists,
at the time when French Imperialism
attacks them, so in the future It VIII
find their best allies in the Amer1-
can Communist Party when the Amer
lean imperialism will attact them.
Long live the union of oppressed
peoples with the revolutionary work.
ers of the world.
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hands of the American government.
In harmony with the former atti-
tude of the state department the
American press" acclaimed the vol
unteer aviators as heroes. 1t printed,
without a word of protest, or even re-
proach, the eulogies Of the French
general, Moulin, in which he said that
these murderers Tin our conception)
typify the noble spirit of the American
nation, that they are lighting the
cause of humanity and defending
France against the "barbarous" on
slaught of the Riffians. Now, how
ever, there is a. sudden change Of
front. The state department sudden
ly recollects that the action of the
aviators, in waging war against the
Riffians is in violation Of the Ameri-
can law. (Did the state department
forget the law, when It issued visa
to Lieutenant Penningtons
THE press" too sings nnow a diff
4 ferent tone. The bankers control
led Daily News, in its issue.of Septem-
Der %, 1925, comments upon the re-
fusal Of the aviators to comply with
the request of the state department
as follows: 81 IS
So far as their (theo aviators- B.
3D. consciences are concerned they
justify themselves by, the considera-
ton that French administration of
Morocco has been efficient. progress
sive and benevolent, and that the
rebellion led by Abd-el-Krim is a
Moslem revolt against western cul-
ture. Consequently as Colonel
Sweeney cables The Daily News,
the American avaitors after con-
ference have decided to 90 on fight
ing.
Still, as law-abiding Americans
they cannot disregard indefinitely
the explicit declaration of the state
department that they have laid
themselves open to prosecution and
punishment. 1t seems clear that
they have violated the statutes Of
the United States governing the en-
listment of American citizens in
foreign armies engaged in hostIli-
ties. Emphasis ours, B. b.
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By N. KrupskayG

plications and many-sidedness. OF
such stuff ascetics are not made.
With his views on life and people
and his keen, almost passionate inter
est in everything, nyitch could still
less be the virtuous .lower-middle class
person, depicted by some of his biog-
raphers: the exemplary pater familias
surrounded by wife and children, an
array of family portraits on his table,
wrapped in quilted dressing gown
with book in his hand, purring
kitten on his lap and around him luxu-
rious furniture and comfort in which
he rests from his public activity. Via
dimir Ilyitch's every step and every
move is subjected, so to speak. thru
the lens of some sort of philistine
sentimentality. 1t would be as we'll
to write little less on this subject.
Refused to Pry Into Private Lives.
v. l. had the greatest contempt for
all gossip and interference with the
private life of others. We considered
such interference inadmissible. When
we lived in exile Vladimir Ilyitch
spoke frequently on this subject. He
spoke of the necessity to steer clear
of all kind Of "exile scandal" which
generally results from gossiping, idle
inquisitiveness and prying into other
peoples hearts and minds. This kind
of thing is the essence of everything
that is mean and petty-bourgeois.
In 1902 in London Vladimir Ilyitch
had serious disagreement with some
members of the editorial board of the
"Iskra," who wanted to pass judgment
on a comrade for his alleged INSIDE
meanor whilst in exile. The investiga-
ton of the affair implied naturally the
coarsest interference with the private
life of this comrade. Vladimir Ilyitch
protested against this most energetic
ally. He refused to take any part in
this abomination, as he called it. He
was subsequently accused of lack of
dehcacy.
1t seems to me that the refusal to
pry into the mind and heart of another
person is proof of real delicacy.
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How Lenin Lived Abroad

asked me about Axelrod. He pointed
to his name in the newspaper and
said:-"What?" He begged me to ask
Kamenev about him on the telephone
and listened very attentively to the
account given. When told him about
A. M. Kalmykova and he asked me
AGAIN. What, I understood that he
was asking about Portressov. told
him what l knew and asked: could
find out more about him?" He
shook his head to say no. There is
a rumor that Markoff is also dying"
said Vladimir Iiyitch a little while
before he lost the power of speech,
and there was something tender and
soft in his words So
Lenin's Political Honesty
But even the greatest attachment
to people never influenced the poiiti-
cal attitude of Vladimir Ilytich In
spite of his great love for Plekhanov
and Markoff, he broke with them
politically, (if one breaks with a per-
son politically, one breaks with his
or her also personally, and it could
not be otherwise when ones whole
life is bound up with the political
struggled as soon as the cause de-
manded it.
But personal attachment to people
caused Vladimir Ilyitch great suffer
ing whenever such splits were neces-
sary. well remember how miserable
Vladimir Ilyitch felt when it became
evident at the End Congress that sew
erance from Axelrod, Zasulitch, Mar
toff and others was inevtible. If he
had not been so passionately attached
to people, he would not have broken
down SO soon. Political honesty, in
the true and deep sense of this word,
when it is question of political judg-
ment and actions. Not everyone has
this capacity, and those who have fire.
Quently pay high price forit.
Interest In Arrivals from Russia.
Vladimir Ilyitch was arSs5s inter-
estted in people and was even enthu.
siastic about them. As soon as he
espied something interesting in. some
one, he would, SO to speak, take pos
session of that person / we'll remem-
Der his two weeks romance" with
Natanson, who struck him as a re-
narkable organizer. His whole talk
was about Natanson. ". I. was par
ticularly interested IAN new arrivals
from Russia. And it generally hap
pened that Under the influence of his
questions, and spelibound by HIS char
acter, these people unknown to them
selves showed him the best side of
their natureMhis own self. which.
found its reflex in their attitude to.
their work and the manner in which
they approached it. ~ sts
Unwittingly, they idealized their
work when .they were speaking about
1t to Vladimir Ilyitch. Ilyitch could be
quite carried away by people and also
by his work. Both these things were
intertwined, and this made his life
very full, very intensive and rich In
Impressions. He became imbued with
the life around him, with all its COM
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sy 3. HoRIsoFF.

THE American aviators in Morocco
= are perplexed, aroused, enraged.
After they had been engaged for al
most two months in bombing RifIlan
villages for the purpose of terrorizing
the Riffians into submission to French
Imperialism, the U. S. state depart
ment at Washington suddenly re-
quests them to abandon their "civil-
izing" mission, or be called to court
and deprived of their American citi-
zenship. The Yank aviators refuse to
understand this order and refuse to
comply with 1t. In the cables which
their chief, Charles Sweeney sends
to the Chicago Daily News they vigor-
ously protest against the interference
OF the state department and point out
its inconsistency.
They explain that they are engag-
ed in the task of defending the civil
ization" of the white man Tread the
imperialist exploitation of the Cypress
ed colonial peoples) against the dan
ger of its overthrow by the revolt of
colored races of China, India, and
Africa. They expose the state de-
partment, showing that the state de-
partment knew with what intentions
they went to Morocco and gave its
tacit approval to their mission. In
the words of Col. Thomas Sweeney,
the chief of the American esquadrille:
Rather interesting in view of the
present attitude of Washington, was
the experience of Lieut.. Pennington
before he left New York. When he
asked for a passport he gave as his
reason for wishing to travel his de-
sire to join the French foreign le-
gion to fight the Rif1ans. When his
passport was forwarded to him from
Washington it was shown to have
been granted for the purpose of
permitting him to travel for
pleasure
THIS is an interesting and important
l. revelation. 1t shows that the blood
of the Rifians slain by the American
aviators in Morocco is also on the
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Need New suIIdinq Trades Head,

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-"My cleo
ton as president of the Brotherhood
Of Painters means that the building
trades department of the American
Federation of Labor must select an.
other man as its president" Geo. F..
Hedrick, head Of the department, told
The Federated Press on the eve of
his departure for Atlantic City 70
open the convention of the depart
ment. u ~ SIM -
= He offered no suggestions as to who
would probably take the vacant post
The delegates will make the selection
October Q or 3. esyGf svw 81
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colourless address to the bourgeois
audience from his impassionate expo
sition of great ideas which had cleo
trifed the working class audience.
You see, he was out for votes. On
our way home Ilyitch humed Monte
guste's chansonnette about the So
cialist deputy. 80
Studied All Phases OF Life.
In London, we went to Hyde Park
to listen to the open-air speakers. One
would speak of God, another about
garden cities. We visited White
chapel, the Jewish quarter of London,
and got there into touch with the
Russian sailors and poor Jews, and
we listened to their songs which were
full of sorrow and despair. ,s
We went to circle where young
socialist was speaking about munich
pal socialism and an old member of
the party, who on the previous day
had oficiated in the capacity Of so
cialist clergyman, at a service in the
Seven Sisters" Socialist church, was
explaining to the audience that the
exodus of the Jews from Egypt is to
be considered as the prototype of the
exodus of the workers from imperial
list capitalism into the realm of So
cialism, and was accusing the young
lecturer of opportunism.
To be able to observe life and
human existence in all its shapes and
forms, to find in it something which
responds to ones own feeling and
experiences,-is not this equivalent
to enjoying life, and is an ascetic
capable of this?
Relation To Plekhanov.
Vladimir Ilyitch was fond of child
rem. He did not have on his table
an array of photographs of those
whom he loved, as someone wrote not
so long ago. But he loved people pas
sionately, for instance Plekhanov, The
latter played an important role in the
development of V. l., he helped him
to get on to the right revolutionary
path, and therefore, for a long time
for him Plekhanov had halo round
his head. The smallest disagreement
with Plekhanv was extremely painful
to him. Even after the split he fol-
lowed very carefully everything Pick.
hanov said. II.
With what Joy he repeated Plekha-
nov's words: II do not want to die an
opportunist." Even in 1914 when
war broke out Vladimir Ilyiteh was
very excited when he was preparing
to speak against the war at the meet.
ing in Lausanne where Plekhanov was
also to speak: Can it be that he will
Jail to understand" Vladimir Ilyitch
said. In p. N. Lepeshinsky's remini-
SCIENCES there is one very heterogeneous
statement. Lepeshinsky says that
Vladimir Ilyitch said to him once:
"Plekhanov is dead, but am alive"
He could not have said such thing.
There must have been some intona-
ton, some meaning which p. N. failed
to catch. Never did Vladimir nyitch
compare himself to Plekhanov in this
way.
Young comrades who study the his
tory of the party do not probably
actually realize what the split with
the mensheviks really meant. 81
Vladimir llyitch was not only devo-
ted to Plekhanov he also loved Zasu-
Itch and Axelrod. well you are 20.
ing TO meet Vera Ivanovna, she is
person of crystalline purity .gAsaid
Vladimir Ilyitch to me on the first
evening OF my arrival to Munich. For
longstimeEtoo he regarded Axelrod
through rcse.colored spectacles.
A little while before his death he
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Chicago Membership Meeting,
i.s rs "a Y. Wednesday, October 9TH

The Chicago membership meeting (conuunist)
Party Local Chicago called discuss the
basis Of nuclei will ocTo.
BER7,.te25, ps m, NORTHWEST HALL Western
NJ Abern
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Much is written about Vladimir
Ilyitch. In these "reminiscences, v. l.
is frequently represented as an as
celtic, a virtuous philistine, pater
familias. This is distortion. He
was not like that He was a human
being who understood everything that
was human. He loved life in all its
aspects and drank deeply of the cup
of life. ggsa
Our life is being described as full
of privations. This. is not true. We
never knew what it is not to be able
to buy bread. Is that how many of
our emigre comrades lived? Some
of them were two years at a stretch
without any earnings, neither did they
receive money from Russia, they
starved in the literal sense Of tn.
word. We never went thru anything
of the kind. 81
Lenin Lived Simply.
We lived very simply, it is true.
But does happiness really consist in
eating we'll and living luxuriously?
V. |. knew how to make the most OF
life and its joys. He loved nature.
Not to mention Siberia, even in the
countries where we lived as emigres
we always went out of town to fill
our lungs with pure country air. We
generally covered great distances, and
returned home intoxicated with air,
exercise, and impressions.
Our mode of life was very different
from that of the other emigres. These
people loved endless talks, gossiping
at the tea-table, surrounded by clouds
of tobacco smoke. V. /. got very soon
tired of such gossiping, and always
managed to slip away and go for a
walk. we'll remember the first year
of our life in exile. Once in Munich,
we invited Martov and Anna Ilyin-
lshna to accompany us on our walk,
as we wanted to- show them very
favorite spot of ours---the wild banks
Of the Isar which could only be
cached thru thicket of shrubs.
The two were So tired after half an
hours walk, that they began to
grumble. We therefore took them
post haste across the water in boat
into the cultured part of the town
and proceeded just we two alone to
our" spot. Even in London we man
aged to take refuge with nature, and
it is not an easy matter to get away
from this smoky and foggy monster,
especially If one does not want to
spend more than three-halfpence in
omnibus fares. tv'
Later on, in Switzerland, when we
became the lucky possessors of BIZ
cycles, we were able to extend our
outings considerably. well remem-
Der how once in London Vera Ivan.
ovna Zasulitch said Indignantly to a
comrade. who, taking 1t for granted
that Ilyitch does nothing but sit and
read in the British Museum, was sur
prised at seeing him making prepare
ton to 90 for walk: But he is pas.
sionately fond of nature" And also
remember that thought at the time:
How true this is"
Studied Workers Lives.
Ilyitch also loved TO study customs
and conditions Of life. Wherever we
two would take UP our abode, be 1t in
Munich, London or Paris, he loved to
study the notices as to various social
list meetings in the suburbs, in small
cafes, in English churches.
He wanted to see how German,
British and French workers lived. He
wanted to hear them speak their
thoughts, and about their life, not at
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Chinese textile workers will get paid by the bosses for the four
they strike We refer this item to the
thracite miners for their serious consideration
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All Eyes Upon the Soviet Union

Groups foreign visiting
the rights secretary
the eeolan group;
Schmidt
Belgian teacher Professor Kruger. ~
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THIS is an interesting and important
4 revelation. 1t shows that the blood
of the Rifians slain by the American
aviators in Morocco is also on the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-09-25
Elephant Most Brainy
of the Lower Animals

The elephant is probably the shrewd-
est and most adaptable of living ami
mails and has no enemies except man.
He eats anything that is green, and
seems equally at home on the plains
or in the forests and jungles, on the
high mountain slopes or down in the
swampy lowlands. His trunk is one
Of the most extraordinary organs Of
nature. 1t contains the finest smell
ing apparatus on earth, and when the
proximity of man is suspected the
trunk is raised In the air and care
fully turned In all directions, feel
ing" for the man-smell In the wind.
Once an elephant gets that smell he
does one Of two things. He either re-
treats quietly and rapidly or charges.
Years Of experience in matching his
wlles with those of man and his high
powered rife has taught the elephant
that 1t is safer to remain In the dense
forests. An elephant can move through
these forests with no more noise than
would be made by a mouse, and the
growth In these forests is frequently
so impenetrable the hunter can make
progress only by following the wind
ing elephant trail.
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Look for Treasure
Hidden by Alexander

When Alexander the Great was
marching against the PersIans in 331
B. @. part of his army mutinied on
the shores Of the Caspian sea. There
Is legend that he hid all his gold,
royal possessions and spoils Of war
somewhere In the vicinity to keep
them from falling into the hands Of
the mutineers. The Archaeological So
ciety of the Republic of Azerbaijan
has begun a search for this treasure.
1t Is believed to be buried about sixty
FIVE miles from the city of Baku. There
are no historical data on the subject
as to the location of the treasure, but
an old man eighty years old living at
Andrlevka says he owns an ancient
map which was stolen from a Turkish
sultan many years ago. This map, he
says, indicates that the treasure was
buried near his village. Whether or
not the Psychologists locate the treas
ure, 1t is believed that they will at
least excavate many valuable relics
throwing light on the peoples and ma
lions which inhabited the country be-
fore the time of Chrlst.-Pathfinde
Magazine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-09-25

On one of the piers in Portland an
old flshmonger told the legend of the
queer markings on the paddock. Just
abaft the fish's gllls are two dark
blotches like bruises, one on each
side. And from each Of these marks
runs straight dark line back toward
the tail. The paddock, said this fish
erman, was the fish with which Christ
fed the multitude Though that sounds
unlikely. This so annoyed the devil
that he tried to avenge himself on the
species. He seized one, holding it
tightly (hence the brulse mark, but
1t slipped away. The DEVILS finger nails
made the long scratches on each side;
since when all haddocks carry that
pattern. And beauty, in any art, is
just as elusive as that paddock. It
cannot be nabbed between the thumb
and finger of any manifesto.-Chrls-
TOPPER Morley, in the Saturday Re-
view of Literature.
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Cheap for 81 200

A western young man visiting New
York city thought It would be fine to
buy his sweetheart's engagement ring
there. Entering a Fifth avenue store
he was waved from one lordly clerk
to another down long aisle and at
last reached the counter where there
was a parsonage who sold engagement
rings. Here are some rather neat
rings" said the distinguished one.
Small, of course, but in good taste"
Our young friend liked their looks,
but was panied to learn they ran
from $500 to $1,000 apiece. He ad-
mitted, in some confusion, that he
wished something little cheaper.
Then the mighty one reached into a
bin and brought up handful of spark
lers. Take your pick" said he, polite.
ly REFRESHING yawn, Isl 200 each. "
The hometown jeweler sold that
rlng.-Capper's Weekly.