Passages taken from Addams book "Newer Ideas of Peace," in which she argues against war on the grounds that it is something that is beneath the ideas of modern man, something not to be admired, and a waste of time and energy.

Addams comments on the Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War, and the influences of Tolstoy on both.

Lazareff writes to Blackwell while sailing to Europe about bolshevism, communism, socialis and democracy m in Russia.

Merkel tells Addams about the political situation in Germany.

Addams discusses the causes and implications of the Russian Revolution and Civil War.