meeting of the
All-Russia Congress of Soviets, and with it a revival of the differences
of opinion which ultimately were to destroy the government. The great
majority were for war, but the minority, led by Lenine and the
Bolsheviki element, demanded an immediate peace. They declared that the
enemies of the Revolution were not the Central Powers; but the
capitalists in all countries, and not least the Provisional Government
of Russia.

Some clew to the meaning of the Bolsheviki movement in Russia is to be
found in the life of Lenine, its leading spirit. It has been charged
that he was the tool of the German Government. He undoubtedly received
facilities from the German Government to return to Russia from
Switzerland immediately after the Revolution in March. His whole career,
however, suggests that he was not a tool, but a fanatic.

He was born in Simbirsk, in Central Russia, in the year 1870. Lenine was
only one of the several aliases that he had found it necessary to adopt
at various times. He was of good family, and received his education at
the Petrograd University. From the very beginning he took an active
interest in the political and social problems of the day. In 1887 his
brother, A. Uljanov, was arrested, and after a secret trial condemned to
death and hanged as a participant in a plot to wreck the imperial train
carrying Alexander III. Lenine was also arrested, but was released on
account of a lack of evidence. At this time the Russian Socialistic
movement was still in its infancy.

[Illustration: Photograph: About 50 women in military uniforms.]
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THE WOMEN'S "BATTALION OF DEATH" IN NATIONAL DANCE
A unique outgrowth of the Russian revolution was this organization of
women which came into prominence at the beginning of the Russian
front's break-up.

[Illustration: Photograph]
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DEMONSTRATION OF CITIZENS BEFORE THIS WINTER PALACE
The formation of the Red Guard adopting the propaganda of the
Bolshevists resulted, which drove Russia into a chaos of Revolution.

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SPOILS OF THE VICTORY AT ST. MIHIEL
The Germans left everything behind when they fled to avoid being
trapped in the St. Mihiel salient by the swift American advance. This
shows a soldier examining an abandoned German machine-gun, fully
loaded and not a shot fired.

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