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If we leave them alone and do not trade with them, I believe that the end of the Soviet rule is bound to come soon. Most of their transport is ruined, and the people are demoralised and refuse to work... It is all one great mad-house. [9]
North reported that apart from the round of daily hardships, life in Moscow had become one of robbery. The Bolsheviks had stolen his church funds, including a fund he held for British people who were destitute in Moscow, and also his silver. Finally, they had stolen Mrs. North's jewels. The other Britons travelling with him had come safely home, determined to overcome any obstacle rather than endure any longer the misgovernment of the Soviets. [9]
On 24 May 1920, The Times published an interview with North, in which he continued his critique of the situation in Russia and his views on the Bolsheviks. [12] The Spectator of 29 May 1920 also carried a story about North's experiences in Russia. [13]
In June 1920, North poured scorn on George Lansbury, who had returned from Moscow with some favourable views of the Bolsheviks. North said that in Moscow Lansbury had been dependent on a Commissar called Joseph Fineberg, of whom he was also very critical. [14] The Morning Post reported North's disagreement with Lansbury and his experience in a Bolshevik jail, of which it said "The facts are too revolting for reproduction". [15]
At the time of the voyage of the Dongola, Margaret North was pregnant, and she gave birth to a daughter, Geraldine, on 22 September 1920. [16]
Within a few months, North and family returned to Finland and settled there, and he was appointed as Anglican Chaplain to Helsingfors. [5] The North family was living at 11, Ostra Brunnsparksalleen, Helsingfors, when North died there on 17 May 1925. [17]
In 1939, Mrs North and her daughter Geraldine were living in Belsize Grove, Hampstead, North London. [16]
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