Lieutenant-Colonel B. Roustam-Bek will speak in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock on "Why Allied Intervention in Russia Failed." This lecture is the next to the last of the six lectures offered by the Student Liberal Club on "The Russian Revolution," and will be open to all members of the Union and members of the Liberal Club. Professor R. F. A. Hoernle, chairman of the Department of Philosophy, will act as chairman. Colonel Roustam-Bek's speech will be followed by discussion from the floor.

During the war Colonel Roustam-Bek saw active service with the British Volunteer Forces in France. At present he is attached to the Soviet Embassy in Washington as an expert on military affairs. His position previous to the war as a war correspondent of the London Daily Express won him a reputation of being one of the keenest military experts in the field; this knowledge and his experience in the war will make it possible for him to present the military aspects of the Russian situation in a comprehensive and authoritative manner.

This lecture is only one part of the analysis of the Russian situation as arranged by the Liberal Club. Previous lectures have treated the history of Bolshevism and the other new doctrines that have sprung up in Russia, another the philosophic principles involved, another the economic situation, and a final one, to be given on May 21, will treat the Russian Co-operative movement.