A.000rding to the voice of Rumour, Lenin had broken down
in health and his despotic power was to be exercised by a trium- virate, including the notorious Kameneff. The Bolshevik agency in London has, however, denied these reports and asserts that the dictator is reconering. It would seem, however, that the more violent section of the Bolsheviks has gained ground of late, inasmuch as the Moscow council refused to ratify the treaty made by Krassin and Chicherin with Italy at Genoa. That treaty, it will be remembered, gave Italian traders some- thing like the ordinary rights of foreigners in civilized countries, while Italy, in return, went far towards recognizing the Bolshevik rule. Yet a bargain which satisfied Krassin and Chicherin has been thrown over by their more advanced colleagues, in the absence of Lenin. It is very hard to believe that the Bol- sheviks, in such a mood of arrogance or desperation, will produce any businesslike proposals at The Hague.
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