The Riga correspondent of the Times said in Tuesday's paper
that Moscow Communists are taking " pre- cautionary measures " against the de jure recognition of their country by Great Britain. This recognition, they declare, is a danger to the Bolshevist dictatorship. The Soviet Government is urged to move carefully lest foreign traders should enter into conspiracies with the Russian representatives of the New Economic Policy. Suspicions have been aroused by the fact that 100,000 of Lenin's " factory recruits " are enlisting in the Com- munist Party. It is pointed out that the old factory members number only about 50,000 and that Lenin's recruits may easily swamp their policy. All this is amusing, but also encouraging reading. We always thought that the recognition of the Soviet was the best way of drawing the fangs of Bolshevism, because an impossible policy cannot thrive very well when in contact with ordinary men in the ordinary relations of life. Without meaning to do so,. the Moscow Com- munists are now generously confirming our opinion.
Previous page
