THE RUSSIAN DELIRIUM.
"A horrible instance of misapplied democracy." is what Professor E. A. Roes, of 'Wisconsin University, calls the Russian Revolution, in his book. "Russia in Upheaval." The author visited Petrograd, the Volga, the Caucasus, Turkestan, and Siberia. He shows himself a .keen observer, and he is invariably frank and honest in his expressions of opinion. He expresses his disgust at the "amazing spectacle of a people half-literate. inexperienced, six-seventh-? agricultural, trying to introduce Marxian Socialism) which is the outgrowth of industrial capitalism and machine industry- But Professor Roes has a warm feeling for the Russian in spite of his exuberances, his extravagances, and his pacifism. The Russian for the moment is in delirium. His upheaval has destroyed organisation and good-will, but he will presently recover from his hysteria and reap the benefits of his grim experience.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 208, 31 August 1918, Page 13
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