The literary digest . in Russia at the presentmoment. Translated into practise, the five points of Bolshevism reallycome to this: (1) High wages; (2) dont work; (3) take otherpeoples property; (4) no punishment; (5) no taxation; and Isuppose there will always be a certain number of people whowill adopt a program which in practise amounts to this. Thatis why, having myself seen the disastrous effects of this policyon all classes of society, I take the first opportunity on myarrival in England to warn the public. The bulk of the work?men in Russia are to-day far and away worse off than they ever
The literary digest . in Russia at the presentmoment. Translated into practise, the five points of Bolshevism reallycome to this: (1) High wages; (2) dont work; (3) take otherpeoples property; (4) no punishment; (5) no taxation; and Isuppose there will always be a certain number of people whowill adopt a program which in practise amounts to this. Thatis why, having myself seen the disastrous effects of this policyon all classes of society, I take the first opportunity on myarrival in England to warn the public. The bulk of the work?men in Russia are to-day far and away worse off than they everhave been, and the state of unemployinent is simply (m I left Petrograd the situation was one of utter starvation,and most people hardly knew how they would exist throughthe following day. The future to me seems hopeless. Onething is certain, that, left as she now is, Russia will be in astate of utter and complete ruin. Wherever Bolshevism rulesthe nation has been beaten to a pulp, and is utterly Copyrighted by Kadel & Herbert, New YorU •BROTHERS, DONT SHOOT!The Spartacus, or Bolshevist, group securing the surrender of a barrack of ¥lilans. Tlio l)auner bears the words: Brotliors. dont shoot! 18 The Literary Digest for January 11, 1919 AMERICAS PLACE IN THE NEW WORLD THE MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM of the PeaceConference, says the London Round Table, an influentialquarterly review, is to decide exactly what Americasposition is going to be in the reconstructed world. The futureposition of America in the world, it says, not that of Germany,Austria, or Turkey, is the gi*eat issue which now hangs on thePeace Conference. From the old system of the balance of 1 !1 ( ?.if i *i i i* i t * [ i ?E ;^&^-^f^i *!##!?} 1 ^% A ^ , ° ^l ^^^^£ ^.sri.„™«. ?^m. mmm:f-^:. i»^S«*«*»^ *,^;a*a?^?^*; BEATING THE GERMANS IN THE AIR. These are the balloon-aprons suspended at a great height overLondon suburbs. They proved to 1)6 almost certain death-traps forGerman nocturna
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