RUSSIA: Moscow Oratory

Not a week goes by but Soviet War Lord Léeon Trotsky belches forth damnation upon the world or thrills great Moscow audiences with his prophecies of the past, present and future greatness of Sovietland in general and the Red Army and Navy in particular.

Last week the Bolshevik "gabbler" made a memorable speech at the Grand Theatre, Moscow. It is worthy of note that the speech lasted for two hours, that M. Trotsky made it in his capacity as Chairman of the Revolutionary War Council, that it was addressed through the people to...

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