RELIGION IN RUSSIA
SOVIET’S HOSTILE PROPAGANDA NEW FORGES ARISING Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. RIGA, December 26. (Received December 27, at 1 a.m.) Despite the anti-religious propaganda 1 Pravda ’ estimates that from 40 to 50 per cent of the Russian children are still under the influence of religion. It adds that there are at least 50,000 establishments occupied by _ 250,000 members of various cults, including Mohammedans, Buddhists, and Jews. It appears that sects like the Methodists and Baptists are now gaining ground rapidly. Tho small bourgcoise, the new bureaucrats, and the richer elements among the peasants And powerful allies in the religious sects. The Soviet Press declares—probably correctly—that all the anti-Soviet forces have now realised the menace of a united front more dangerous than tho former, landlords, nobles, generals, and Greek Church dignitaries.— United Service.
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Evening Star, Issue 20059, 27 December 1928, Page 14
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