The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21

ton to do that. They will advance very
slowly, however, being decimated by
typhus as they do go but reckon that
the first outfit to enter Moscow will be
an international Red Cross party.
81 am afraid that in years time a
military gang as bad as the old Czarists
will have control of Moscow and be try
ing to reconquer the outlying provinces.
though that work will take them many
years.
THE present position IN Europe Is
this: The economic situation every
where is very bad and unemployment
during the coming winter will be great
| and in many places appalling. Even in
Great Britain the position will be most
serious this winter. especially II there
are strikes and 1t may easily eventuate
in Wales and parts of Scotland degen-
Grating into the same condition as ire
land, with soldiers Smelling miners VII
lagos and Black and Tans' driving in
surgent worlkmen out of factories. But
the movement, il IL comes, will be par
tial for the greal majority OF British
workmen don't want Bolshevlsm
THE British Government is prepared
| for Il, however hence the drastic de-
fence OF the realm regulations which
have Just been rushed through Parlia-
ment The Government is particularly
careful about London, which Is now sur
rounded by the Guards, who can be abb
solutely depended upon The Coldstre am
Guards have just been moved from AL
dershot into London itself. The police
precautions at Downing Street and
around the Houses OF Parliament are
very good. and the English middle
classes are so numerous and so virile
| that they will put up n much better fight
Hall a.
Joined az they will be by the great
bulk of the workmen, there is no chance
of their being overthrown. Lloyd George
Is determined to deal as generously as
possible with labor in order 10 stave on
trouble during the coming critical win
ter.
IF we can weather this winter things
may improve, and with the collapse OF
Bolshevist Russia the worst will have
passed. and a great centre OF infection
be removed. The Reds, on the other
hand, are sowing heaven and earth to
provoke upheaval in England this win
ter.
Thus we have Europe divided into
two camps, each OF them waiting for
the collapse OF the other and both OF
them convinced that this winter will de-
eide whether Europe Is to he Bolshevik
or bourgeois for the next hundred years.
Both are pretty well exhausted. but the
plight OF the BolshevilSi Is far worse than
that OK their opponents, and In my
opinion they are bound 10 go under
They buoy themselves UP. It IN true.
with wild reports about chaos and revo-
luton In England, and have even stated
that the British Government has fed
from London.
But, looking at the matter with abso-
lutte impartiality, ] see a great latent
strength in England, great reserves OF
patriotism and thorough satisfaction
with the monarchical and parliamentary
system OF government. England's flnsn-
clal and economic position Is a billion
times stronger than Russia's; IN fact
there can be no comparison. have
seen both and | should know.
AT the same time, in the series of
articles which | have already writtSn
for THE NEW YoRK HERALD and In
others TO follow, have been absolutely