4 SEPTEMBER 1920, Page 13

[To THE Eerron Of THE " SPECTLTOR."] Star–Mr. Torn Anderson

ends his letter with the superfluous infer-I:nation that "BoletioviSm is based on the 'materialistic

conception of history and the dictatorship of the proletariat.' For that reason, it has produced the most criminal govern- ment known to the world, and has at the same time, in the words of Mr. J. Spargo, exemplified " the greatest failure in all history." Incidentally, however, in Russia as in Hungary, it succeeded only in setting up a " dictatorship " of Jews. Even the carefully supervised Labour delegates were apparently unable to discover government by the Russian proletariat. The effect of Bolshevism on the mentality of its apostles is admirably illustrated by Mr. Anderson's letters.—I am, Sir,