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THE END O
The last of the
Mohicans
fallen, the Inst of those
has
of the
old guard which the former regime had sent on to Stalin. This is the
Jewish
in end of the
domination
Russia. Apart from the People's Commissary Kaganovitch, Litvinoff was the last of the great Jews whom St lin had retained in office after the various expurgations, the socalled "Tchitsckii" in the U.S.S.R., thanks to which the Jews, one after the other the were sent down. According to German Press, the former people's commissary was called Finkelstein. But, in reality, this was not his name. The national socialists are thus de- prived of one of their favourite scape- goats, and it is to be queried whe ther Litvinoff's withdrawal may not Russian imply a definite change of foreign policy as a whole.
But this
I
at
is not the 'subject of this article. shall confine myself to a picture of Litvinoff as I have known him Paris, London, Geneva and above all Moscow.
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Litvinoff's name was never Finkels-. tein; his real name was Wallach and his Christian name Meyer, which he later russianized into Maxim. Не was the son of a middle class citizen of the Polish-Jewish borough of Bielostock, now belonging to Poland, but formerly part of Russian Lithuania. Within the party, Wallach was considered as a Lithuanian, a "Litwak." As, he had to select a revolutionary pseudonym; he was given that of Litvinoff on account of his connection with Lithuania. It may be mere chance that one of the most had to flee abroad, penniless, in or- it was clea famous Czarist diplomats, the Rus- der to avoid imprisonment. He went ployed as dipl sian ambassador at Constantinople, to England, where he found a post in began in I was also called Litvinoff. The Lit a bank. He lived a double life. By sent of the vinoff of to-day has not served in day, he was a minor clerk; by night, was arrested the Pages' Corps; his diplomatic career he received the secret visit of emi- prisoned the was not facilitated by recommenda- grants, and was entrusted by mis- hart in Mosc tions. He is a child of the revolusion from the illicit direction of the nections were tion, his past is that of a conspirator, party. Soon he became an important met his wife, although he did not actually fight on technical agent of the Party abroad. society but the barricades, Still, he is a re He was engaged in frontier conspira- who happene volutionary in all the acceptance of cles; he organized illegal journeys to the Russian the word. He has lived dangerously Russia, and his main business was to family was e and his adventurer's existence has procure arms for the illegal organiza- Her uncle, S frequently compelled him to change tion of the Party. The diplomatic and certain footin his name. According to circum- stances, he was known as Felix, Papacha, Gustave Graf, Louis Nitz and Maix Finkelstein. His father who was a small tradesman, a Jew led the existence of patriarch, like the father of Radek. In his family, Meyer was somewhat of a black sheep, for the former was practising and conservative, like most of the lower middle class families of Russia. The Wallachs were poor people. The Eas- tern Jews were in the habit of giving
were
two
By
ARVED
ARENSTAM
was under th
spoke Englis language. B taken. He al whitechapel a be understood mother tongu mained the m leaders. He circles--which spoke all lang his mother to lish and Geri
Litvinoff is
a good education to their children. intriguing capacity which he showed Meyer went to college, while his in this work soon attracted the at-
alert. He is brother entered a Rabbinical semin tention of the leaders of the Party.
cian and b ary. This brother is still rabbi at
One day, when buying arms in a Ger- realist states Bielostock. The other members of man factory, he encountered a Rus-
to fixed idea the family
daughters, sian diplomatic mission, which was to circumstar Esther and Rebecca, and a brother, placing orders for the account of the ister in Cop Leo, who continued in trade.
While State.
Wallach claimed Danish na-
day a former Meyer inscribed his name in the an- tionality and received an official in- inski. This e nals of history and the rabbi remain- vitation to dine with the Russians. tist had no z ed at Bielostock, poor and unknown,
After Stalin's well-known attack was complete Leo tarnished the name of Wallach
with shame. He was compromised in upon a post waggon at Tiflis, Litvinoff immediately
hide the stolen pose he could several swindles and imprisoned for was instructed to criminal offences. From his earliest money. He exchanged the new roub him to Russ master of ce childhood, Meyer, known to his Rus- les was caught and imprisoned.
When Lenin came into 'power
Foreign Offic sian colleagues as Maxim, concerned himself with politics. He first ad November 7th, 1917, `Maxim Maxi- Litvinoff E hered to a Jewish and socialist group, movitch Litvinoff could proclaim that man of geni the "Bund," which was constantly he had rendered considerable services Foreign Affa pursued by the police. Young Wallach to the party. His diplomatic career many years.
Problematics
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MY FIREWOOD DEALER
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HAS REDUCED THE SIZE OF HIS BUNDLES, AND WHEREAS I COULD LAY 6 ON THE FLOOR OF MY STORAGE SHED SIDE BY SIDE, I CAN NOW GET A DOZEN IN IF HIS ORIGINAL PRICE WAS 3/- A DOZEN – WHAT OUGHT I TO PAY NOW?
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