We must add, however, that the Bolsheviks cannot cease from
aggression and come to an agreement without ceasing to be Bolsheviks. Their avowed aim is the destruction of society, not only in Russia but throughout the world. They aro not content with massacring and pillaging their fellow-citizens in Groat Russia, but are applying the earns methods to the neigh. booting countries which are not Russian at all. To expect them to settle down as an orderly political party is very much like expecting a reformed Bengal tiger to draw a milk.cart. However, no harm is done in giving the Bolsheviks a chance of displaying their sanity or good faith, if they hare any. The other groups in Russia, we imagine, will welcome the proposed Conference as an opportunity of explaining the true situation of their unhappy country to the Allies and the world at large.
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