To Russians the health resorts of the Caucasus offer warm breezes and the winter sunshine which the rest of the world seeks along the French Riviera. Thither, in search of such natural restoratives, set out Leon Trotzky, from Moscow, for the second time this year.
Last January the Bolshevik Triumvirate—Stalin, Zinoviev, Kemenev—triumphed over him, ousted him as Chairman of the War Council, disciplined him for alleged party insubordination, and sent him to the Caucasus "for his health." It was recognized that the excuse was a trumped up one. By May the star of Trotzky...
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