A special effort is being organiz-for opening communication with the Russian men of letters and science, whose plight is described in Mr. Wells's book Russia in the Shadows." Many of the intellectual classes have succumbed to hardship, but the survivors are now provided for, after a fashion, by two rating organizations, which have their headquarters in the "House of Science" and the "House of Literature and Art."
One of their most keenly felt. Wants is that of contact with the work of their confreres in the Western world. They have been cut off under the Bolshevik regime from all knowledge of contemporary science and letters elsewhere, and are keenly desirous of receiving the latest publications in their respective branches of knowledge. The Bolsheviks have consented to permit the receipt of these, and our own authorities will place no obstacle in the way of their transmission. A committee has been formed for this purpose, including Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, Mr. Ernest Barker, Professor Edington, Sir Richard Gregory, and others, and contributions are appealed for. Cheques should be made payable to Dr. C. Hagberg Wright, and addressed to "The British Committee for Aiding Men of Letters and Science in Russia," British Science Guild Offices, 3, qeunatrech, Adelphi, London, W.
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