Censorship was still very rigorous; but what could not be said openly in political articles was smuggled in under the form of novels, humorous sketches, or veiled comments on West European events, and everyone read between the lines and understood.
Kropotkin describes how censorship forced writers to convey political ideas subtly through literature.
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