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Show SOVIETS HAVE FEW GOOD QUALITIES, DANE ADMITS COPENHAGEN. Aug. 2 7 Id. Koe-ford. Koe-ford. a Danish subject who went to Russia 40 years ago, became a state councillor under the old regime and has been arrested several times since the revolution, has Just returned to his native counlrv . "One's first Impression of Moscow-Is." Moscow-Is." he says, "that all prlvato shops jnre closed and only the municipal Stores are open. Nevertheless. Illicit trading flourishes and It Is possible to get practical!' everything there, even I Havana cigars of the 1919 crop. The population looks healthy and vigorous 1 though many people, especially brain workers, succumed last winter to prl- ' vatlon. "I do not believe Bolshevism has a future," Mr Koeford went on, "although "al-though not everything the Bolshevlkl ido la wrong their care for the children chil-dren is simplv magnificent; they aro ;well fed. well dressed and well educated. educat-ed. Science and art are also encoiir-laged encoiir-laged and the great art collections are 'apparently untouched, which is chiefly 'due to Maxim Gorki. The manufacturing manufac-turing industries have suffered great-l great-l through so many men being called upon for mllitarv service Ever l'nl I has to work for a living now; the j principal Is: no w ork, no food." |