Today -100: July 10, 1921: Under the flag of pure democracy at present are grouping all the counter-revolutionary elements

A truce is declared in Ireland between Sinn Féin and British government forces. British newspapers are sceptical about whether de Valera has enough control over the various IRA groups to make the truce effective.

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The first in the delightful “Ambassador Child” series of children’s books.

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At the Third International congress, Lenin says Russia is using the temporary breathing spell in the onslaught of the capitalist countries against it to rebuild and to prepare a revolution against them. While the struggle is going on, democracy and liberty are out of the question in Russia because “under the flag of pure democracy at present are grouping all the counter-revolutionary elements.”

The German Leipzig war crimes court acquits two generals of allowing – or encouraging – a typhoid epidemic in a POW camp.

The British will abolish the penal colony in the Andaman Islands. Now where will prisoners and guards swear secret pacts about treasure?

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