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AN AERIAL BOMB
British airmen examining a huge bomb which later scattered death among
the Huns.

Lenine spent his Sundays in a circle of uneducated workmen, explaining
to them the elements of socialistic economics. Along with this
propaganda work he studied deeply the economic phases of Russian life,
being especially interested in its working and peasant classes. He wrote
several books on the subject, which are still accepted as valuable
representatives of Russian economic literature. Because of his
socialistic activities, Lenine was compelled to leave Russia on several
occasions, when he lived in Switzerland, France and Austria. From these
countries he directed the work of one of the groups of the Social
Democratic party, and became an important leader.

In the General Russian Socialistic Convention, held in 1903, this group
made a definite stand for its program and policies. This was the time
when the word "Bolsheviki" was coined, meaning the "majority," who had
voted in accord with Lenine's proposals. Lenine believed in the seizure
of political power by means of violent revolution and in establishing a
proletarian government. After the Revolution of 1905, the Lenine faction
dwindled and it seemed as if Bolshevism was destined to die out. But in
1911, with the awakening of a new spirit in the political and social
life of Russia, a new impetus was given to the activities of the
Bolsheviki. The first Socialist daily paper, Pravda, ("the Truth,") was
one of their efforts. In 1913 the Bolsheviki sent six representatives to
the Duma.

At the outbreak of the war Lenine was in Cracow. Like other
revolutionary leaders he was compelled to live in exile. He went to
Switzerland where he remained until the news of the successful
revolution caused his return to Russia. On his arrival in Petrograd he
gathered together his followers and began the agitation in favor of the
Bolshevist program and of peace.

The first sign of the conflict between the Provisional Government and
the Soviet arose in connection with the joint note sent to the Allies by
the Provisional Government on May 1st. This note was signed by Foreign
Secretary Miliukov. It declared, among other things, that the
Provisional Government would "maintain a strict regard for its
engagements with the Allies of Russia."

The document aroused strong disapproval among many members of the
Council of the Soviet, and serious anti-government demon