Aug. 17.
A WEEK ago the Powers were engaged in an effort to save Poland from the Red tide which seemed about to submerge her, To-day, arising from these difficulties in which Poland found herself, the whole problem of Russia is again to the fore in its most acute form, and the cleavage of opinion among nations is too wide for concealment. It is even more alarming than that, for peoples of the same country are rent by differences of view which can only be regarded with misgiving. Practically one fact only stands clear out of the chaos, and this is that until a settlement of the Russian problem is reached there will be no real peace in the world. Bolshevism in Russia is an unsettling element to those classes whose political creed described as Labour, Socialism or any of their near relations. In spite of the warnings of such men as Prince Kropotkin and Mr. Snowden—men once held in high esteem in Labour and kindred circles—Bolshevism has exerted a hypnotic influence, and to-day we have the British Trade Unionists ignoring an appeal from the Socialists of Poland and throwing their whole weight on the side of the Reds. It may, of course, be partly due to their
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