The material at hand in Siberia—namely—the Chinese workmen, few of whom are communists without being well paid for it, do not Te-Present such a secure medium to the Russian communists for propaganda purposes as do the student class of Chinese, oF, to be more correct, that particular section of the Chinese students to whom a little knowledge ix a dangerous thing, Bolshevism, like weeds, grows best where the soil is poorest, and Moscow knows.very well where the Poorest soils exist and where to Bet a harvest. So the Chinese student was singled out to become the cat's paw for Moscow's politi. cal move.
In proportion as evidences became apparent that the economic policy of State capitalism was doomed in Moscow increased her acti-Vities with the Chinese students, whose number increased in regard to their visits to, Moscow as compared with former times. Incidentally, the communist press boomed the Yangtze river incident when two chief stevedores were publicly beheaded, The Shanghai Incident Additional acts of violence by the foreign capitalists upon the Chinese people similar to that committed on the Yangtze river were needed in order to supply fresh propaganda and stir up the old fire of ant-iconism in the minds of the popula tion of Russia, and thus divert the attention of Moscow's enemies away from Russia and find something to do for them that would occupy them fully in looking after their own affairs; s0, at the time when the Russians generally expect an invasion, namely in May, the Shanghi May tragedy was pulled off. Its direct connexion with Moscow is not 4 difficult matter to establish and it ly the best piece of propaganda that served Moscow with undoubted-
could be had with which to whip her enemies, for, it is bloodshed by the capitalists' that Moscow is thirsting for, because it serves as the most effective form of propaganda calculated to dovetail in with the communists' scheme of retaining their power in Russia,
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