9TH ANNIVERSARY 0 F BOLSHEVISM SUNG IN MOSCOW.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17999, 9 November 1926, Page 6

9TH ANNIVERSARY 0 F BOLSHEVISM SUNG IN MOSCOW.

500,000 MARCH BEFORE LENIN’S TOMB IN GREAT RED SQUARE.

By TeleprapH.—Pr•** Aissn.—Copyright. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. . MOSCOW, November 7. Half a million people marched singing through the Red Square all day in celebration of the ninth anniversary of Bolshevism. Columns of working men converged on the square and passed Lenin’s tomb, on the top of which M. Tomsky and M. Kalinin stood and shouted short speeches by means of loud speakers. The marchers shouted back

in a thunderous response, and all Moscow throbbed with brass bands, while Red banners and streamers waved everywhere. A review of the Red Army took-place at eight in the morning. For three hours infantry, cavalry and artillery marched past Lenin’s tomb. Children’s demonstrations were a feature of the day’s programme and were carried out despite drizzling rain. Good order was maintained, no disturbance marring the proceedings. LONDON CELEBRATES EVENT IN ALBERT HALL. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Aus. ami N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, November 8. The Albert Hall was crowded in the evening to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the Rkissian revolution. When Mr G. Lansbury, M.P., took the chair the audience rose and sang the “Red Flag.” Mr Lansbury was cheered loudly when pointing out to any soldier or sailor present that the Russian revolution w’as only possible because the army and navy refused to fight. Other speakers lauded the aid that Russia had given to the miners, Air Trevelyan claiming that the gift of £1,000.000 was the biggest sum any bod3* of workers had ever given to the workers of another country.