Rapid changes of personnel have taken place in Moscow. What
they portend we cannot say; • Since the death of Dzerzhinsky, Zinovieff, as we noted some weeks 'ago, has, - been deprived of his offices. Kameneff seems to have been the next victim of fortune, jealousy, discipline or whatever determines the precarious fate of the audacious men who grasp at power in Muscovy. Of those who were covered by the mantle of Lenin when it fell, Stalin remains in authority, and is probably pre-eminent for the time being. He is a Georgian by origin and quite young. He is said to be more practical than his predecessors in the sense that he is likely to be more accommodating in his dealings with other men, Russians or foreigners. At present he is reported to be ruthlessly getting rid of colleagues of whom he does not approve. Until now the semi-Oriental Russian has had thrust upon him ideas of Communism that came from the West. We shall be curious to note changes introduced by a native of Asia. Stalin might prove to be a modern Baber.
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