Bolshevism Hurriedly Dri to Its End Under the present Bolshevism is hurriedly drifting towards its end—this is the conclusion which Trotsky, the exiled organiser of the Red Army, now, draws in a book, to prevent thd publication of which the Moscow dictators would certainly be pre pared to face a month of famine. Trotsky succeeded in having his book printed clandestinely, but the plot was immediately discovered, the copies were confiscated, and the publishers arrested. Nevertheless members of the Left Opposition, after great difficulty, succeeded smuggling a copy of the book into Germany, Trotsky's book, which is shortly to be published in Berlin, annihilating indictment of the Soviet rulers. He describes the situation as changing rapidly every day from bad to worse, and points out the abyss into which Russia is falling. The rule of the revolutionary workers, he declares, 1 now but a name to describe a bureaucratic system which throttles all industrial and intellectual initiative, Trotsky goes on to describe how the official propaganda organizations juggle with stal in such a way as to present a cheerful picture of conditions in Russia, which in reality are very. black, Finally, he accuses the present dictator of ruthlessly removing, everyone who dares to speak a word of truth or the, slightest criticism, Those in Europe who have been surprised at the recent rumours about Trotsky, describing how ruthlessly he has been treated by his successors, will understand well enough after reading his new book of Moscow's fright when the secret Russian publication was discovered.
Tue Bureau of Public Works for Greater Shanghai {s contemplat the construction of several new bridges over the Soochow Creek to connect Chapel with the southern portion of the Municipality.
Tae Nanking Government has been asked to arrest Gen, Chang Hoeueh-liang and to declare punitive expedition against the Three Eastern Provinces, report the vernacular papers. A request also has been made for the arrear of Gon, Hsing Hsi-lion, former Commissioner of Defence in Shanghai, and Mr, Wang Shu-han, both of whom are delegates of the Mukden' cader in Nanking, on the chorine. that they are spies, Suspect That
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