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Agnes Smedley

2016-10-10T20:44:17Z

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'''Agnes Smedley''' was the author of ''Battle Hymn of China'' and a member of this [[Sorge spy ring]] of Soviet spies in Tokyo, along with [[Guenther Stein]]. Smedley later also contributed to the [[radical]] [[Marxist-Leninist]] weekly, ''[[Guardian (NY)]]''.

In 1918, in New York, she joined an Indian revolutionary society financed by Germany. The US placed her in the Tombs Prison for violation of the neutrality law. After the armistice was signed the charges against her were dismissed, but she never forgot and never lost a hatred for the USA. She arrived in Harbin, Manchuria, on January 1, 1929; without knowing the language she immediately began writing "authoritatively" about Chinese politics. According to Shanghai Municipal Police records of 1929, she was in the pay of the Comintern's Far Eastern Bureau. Her job was to make friends and recruit them for the communists, and she acted as liaison for Richard Sorge. The first recruit she brought Sorge turned out to be the most valuable. He was Ozaki Hozumi. It was through Ozaki that Sorge recruited other Japanese to work for him.<ref>Toledano, Ralph de. 1952. ''Spies, Dupes, and Diplomats''. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York. Little, Brown and Company, Boston.</ref>

Agnes was warmhearted and essentially honest, but she felt she must devote her life to the cause of the Chinese Communists. She not only captivated General Joseph Stilwell but also the British Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr. John Patton Davies was also a great admirer; she was one whom he called "one of the pure in heart." <ref>Utley, Freda. 1951. ''The China Story''. Henry Regnery Company. Chicago.</ref>

One of her works is ''After the Final Victory'', published in ''Asia Magazine'' and in Hemingway's anthology of war stories.<ref>Hemingway, Ernest. 1942. ''Men at War, The Best War Stories of All Time''. Bramhall House, New York. </ref>

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Agnes Smedley

2016-10-10T20:41:45Z

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'''Agnes Smedley''' was the author of ''Battle Hymn of China'' and a member of this [[Sorge spy ring]] of Soviet spies in Tokyo, along with [[Guenther Stein]]. Smedley later also contributed to the [[radical]] [[Marxist-Leninist]] weekly, ''[[Guardian (NY)]]''.

In 1918, in New York, she joined an Indian revolutionary society financed by Germany. The US placed her in the Tombs Prison for violation of the neutrality law. After the armistice was signed the charges against her were dismissed, but she never forgot and never lost a hatred for the USA. She arrived in Harbin, Manchuria, on January 1, 1929; without knowing the language she immediately began writing "authoritatively" about Chinese politics. According to Shanghai Municipal Police records of 1929, she was in the pay of the Comintern's Far Eastern Bureau. Her job was to make friends and recruit them for the communists, and she acted as liaison for Richard Sorge. The first recruit she brought Sorge turned out to gbe the most valuable. He was Ozaki Hozumi. It was through Ozaki that Sorge recruited other Japanese to work for him.<ref>Toledano, Ralph de. 1952. ''Spies, Dupes, and Diplomats''. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York. Little, Brown and Company, Boston.</ref>

Agnes was warmhearted and essentially honest, but she felt she must devote her life to the cause of the Chinese Communists. She not only captivated General Joseph Stilwell but also the British Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr. John Patton Davies was also a great admirer; she was one whom he called "one of the pure in heart." <ref>Utley, Freda. 1951. ''The China Story''. Henry Regnery Company. Chicago.</ref>

One of her works is ''After the Final Victory'', published in ''Asia Magazine'' and in Hemingway's anthology of war stories.<ref>Hemingway, Ernest. 1942. ''Men at War, The Best War Stories of All Time''. Bramhall House, New York. </ref>

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[[Category:Propagandists]]

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Agnes Smedley

2016-10-10T20:11:27Z

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Agnes Smedley

2016-10-10T20:10:28Z

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Agnes Smedley

2016-10-10T20:09:18Z

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Agnes Smedley

2016-10-10T20:08:20Z

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Agnes Smedley

2016-10-10T19:35:13Z

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Agnes Smedley

2016-10-10T19:32:09Z

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Joseph Conrad

2016-09-30T22:45:59Z

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'''Joseph Conrad''' (1857-1924) was a Polish-born [[British]] author, perhaps best known for his work ''[[Heart of Darkness]]''. He was also the author of several other influential novels: ''[[Lord Jim]]'', ''Nostromo'', ''The Secret Sharer'', and ''The Nigger of the Narcissus''. Conrad was originally a sailor before he turned to writing. Remarkably, [[English]] was Conrad's third [[language]] after [[Polish]] and [[French]].

His novels are a valuable insight into the workings and ideas of the Age of Colonialism, including the scramble for Africa.

His novel, The Secret Agent, is the story of a gang of anarchist-revolutionaries in early 20th century London. One of them is paid by a foreign embassy to be an informer, but then is coerced into instigating a bombing in London; the motive force is the displeasure felt by the foreign embassy personnel that England is harboring these individuals considered dangerous; the informer must find someone to plant the bomb. The person who makes the bombs is 'The Professor', whose life's dream is to perfect a reliable detonator, says of the USA, "...They have more character over there, and their character is essentially anarchistic. Fertile ground for us, the States--very good ground. The great Republic has the root of the destructive matter in her. The collective temperament is lawless. Excellent. They may shoot us down, but--"

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