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Show nine and Trotsky and Zinovieff. In official of-ficial automobiles, evidently on the best of terms. Then Lenjna put through a resolution at the congress thst only Russian, Urman and Krnch should be apokvn. Keed heard about this an hour or so after the resolu- tion was passed, and he came stamp-1 ing into tha run ventioa in a rage. . lie H was a drumatJc figure. He wore no coat and his shirt was open at the collar. col-lar. He walked down the aisle, pointing point-ing his finger at Lnine, who was in the chair. In the meantime speaking rapidly tn Knglish. 'Knglish is not to be spoken here: I-entne shouted, rinlng from the chair. "Reed continued in Kntrlirh, declaring declar-ing there were twenty-seven d legates who spoke Knglish and English must be on of the languages of the convention. con-vention. I-nine finallv heard him through and revoked the resolution snd made Knglish one of the official UinjruageM." When Heed fell Hi of typhus he was given every pons! bit? at ten i ion. Mr. Srhwarti said, and when at Isst he died his funeral was remarkably resplendent. re-splendent. He was buried under the Kremlin whIIs. "Hnlshevlsm was his life's work, rVhwart concluded. "He was terribly terri-bly tn earnest about It and would, I believe, willingly have died for this flrenm of the povlef." AMERICAN WRITER IS LED IN ESTEEM ; BY RUSSIANS 'Late John Reed Said to Have Gained Confidence 'of Muscovite HntLlN. Kel. 11. The late John Iteed. American magaxine wriier, newspaper correspondent .and a leader of communiau in America, won a place in soviet Russia second only to Lenlne 'and Trotiky, M. Kchwartz of San Franclsi u. Socialist and labor organiser, organ-iser, told the correepondt nt of the Associated As-sociated Presa upon his arrival here from Moscow, where he had been four months in prison following his attendance at-tendance aa delegate to the second congress of the third Internationale. U,.,.,i died In Moscow last autumn. When I first went to Moscow, some friends told me John Keed was then-, said -Mr. richwarti. - What of itr I asked. V:r I had, known Reed in Chicago when, as a , big. good nature, sincere tellow. he , had apl.t the SociaUst party ver the Isstw of communism, and his ue.ns in Russia did not particularly interest .me. It soon did Interest me. APPEARS C0ATLE88. Home of the Russians hud asked me about the Communist party In America, and I had replied we had no real, organised Communist party there although we had communists. This.'cpparently, d d not Jibe with iha Impression Reed had made. That same day he came, coatless and ansry. Into the dining room where we were all aling and. walking up to me. put his hand on my shoulder and in a voice w hich everyone In the room could hear, said: " 'rSchwartx, did you say there was no Communist party in America?' " was surprised and answered that I had not sad we had no communist., hut that we had no legal Communist partv. "'I'm glad you didn't aay It." Reed declared, still In a loud voice, and walked out. of the room. PROOF OF POWErt. I Shortly after thia I wa. given an exhibition f the power he held over I the administration. I had seen him leariUK through the streets with Ie- |