Predicting great upheaval in Russia after the death of Lenin, the Cleveland News writes editorially: “There is no other Russian figure fit to occupy his place. It is likely to be filled by a Jew, a member of the Race long grevious persecuted in Russia, and will bring into action ugly nationalistic and racial prejudice which may cause serious trouble.”
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