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AN AMAZING PROPOSAL

BOLSHEVIST TEACHERS FOR

ENGLAND.

, (FH'OJI OTO OWN , COBBEBPONDEKT.)

LONDON, October 7

In the House of Commons last week Sir Robert. Lynn asked the ..President of; the of Education whether his Department had made a proposal to the Soviet Government of Russia that Bolshevist teachers should b£ brought,' to Great Brifcaiiij and whether he could state Svhat subjects these Bolshevists .were to teaeli. . s

"In anticipation of an increase \in trade with' Russia,'' Mr'Trevelyan re-, plied, amidst laughter, "and the existing demand for greater facilities for learning the Russian language-—(renew-ed laughter)—l have b&h having. enquiries made to see whether it is possible .to promote the study of thp Russian language ;iri this' country ■ by means, "of an > interchange of- teachers and studerits between the two. countries. (Ministerial cheers.) I have not yet received aby report." (Derisive Unionist cheers find laughter.) . Mr Turner (Lab.-Soc., Batley and •Morley) askeid whether the fe aching of Russian waa not advocated in the schools ol Great Britain in 1914-16.

Captain Viscount Curzon (U., BatterS.) : these'teachers and students receive diplomatics immunity ? Sir T. Brittain(TJ., Acton): Is it not a fact that there are thousands of teachers in this country capable of teaching Russian ? Mr Greene (TJ., "Worcester): Will the right hon. gentleman's reply be forr warded to the Horse : Marines? Commander Locker-Lampson (U.,

Handsvorth) •. Will murder be taught in the schools? (Ministerial cries of "OhI") No reply was given. "It is, of course,'a fact,' 5 says the "Daily. Telegraph,'/ in comment, "that not all tlie Russian teachers are Bolsheviks.. Jndeed, at may. bo regardtd as certain, that-in their hearts the overwhelming majority of thsm arc not. From time to time the Soviet papers announce prosecutions of' teachers' who secretly instruct the children .in Bible history; which is .strictly prohibited. For such teachers, j however, the rosut from Russia is closed, > The Soviet authorities will not allow them to_go ' abroad; even for treatment. The procedure' for* getting permission to leave the 'Soviet Paradise' is'a'Tery loflp'and difficult one.As, a. role, every applicant' is suspected,, and the police endeavour to collect' information about him; his relatives, and his friends, and in at least 5() per oent. of the oases quite ncih-politicat applicant^"are refas-, ; cd passports'. s There ; is ..no doubt that in this instance [the : Soviet Government ■will take good care ts send'to Englandonljr those teachers upon'whom it ean rely, i.e., only Bolshevik- teachers. The opportunities for propaganda thus afforded by the amazing proposal indicated by Mr Treyelyan are obvious." ' 'The Beal, Bed Thing.'' In a' very scathing, article on. the subject, the "Morning Post" says: "British teachers can give perhaps some very old-fashioned things—the Ten. Commandments, the Sermon on the Mount', - Shakespeare',, the morality, and the culture inspired-by the Bible,, and the. literatures of Greece and Kqme. The Bolsheviks, on the other hand, can give us the Bolshevist creed which we are told is now taught in all-the. schools and universities of Russia—the doctrine of free love, of the break-up of the family, of the glorification of all those passions of rancour, lust, and greed against which

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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18230, 14 November 1924, Page 18

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AN AMAZING PROPOSAL Press, Volume LX, Issue 18230, 14 November 1924, Page 18

AN AMAZING PROPOSAL Press, Volume LX, Issue 18230, 14 November 1924, Page 18

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