It's my birthday. Deep snow has fallen. We went sleighing. There's nothing new.
Thoughts about complete and temporary emigration are now firm among some people. It always used to be like this – but rarely in Russia.
What desolate and ghastly days these are. Neither side is in the right, and both sides are to blame for the bloodshed. So much deceit, so many tears, so much grief. What has become of decent, peaceable people? Whence this inhuman malice? – But no, not even malice: perversion. Ignorance? But when educated, cultured city-dwellers dehumanise themselves as well... Terrifying times indeed.
King George V and Queen Mary visit Lancashire.
Arrived in Novocherkassk, with intentions not only to find temporary shelter but also to start working, if it’s possible, that is. See more
No shipments of supplies will be permitted to go from the United States to Russia until the situation in that country clears. The American Government, before allowing the export of goods already on the docks, wants to know into whose hands they will fall on their arrival. See more