Soviet Russia—III
My third question is not yet answered. Can Communism in the course of time, with sufficient dilution and added impurity, catch the multitude? READ MORE >>
When the Big Four Met
This article was originally published on December 24th, 1919 READ MORE >>
Revenue Tariff for Great Britain
DO YOU in the United States think it a paradox that Englishmen can continue to increase their capital wealth by adding both to their foreign investments and to their equipment at home, that they can continue to live (most of them) much as usual and support at the same time a vast body of persons in idleness with a dole greater than the income of a man in full employment in most other parts of the world; and yet do all this with one quarter of their industrial plant closed down and one quarter of their industrial workers unemployed? READ MORE >>
Mr. Churchill on the War
The World Crisis, 1916-1918 By Winston Churchill (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Two vols. 625 pages. $10) READ MORE >>
One of Wells’s Worlds
Liberalism and Labor in England
Germany's Coming Problem
The Agent-General, the Commissioners, the Controllers, all the Jack-Daws set up to keep a close eye on Germany, have issued their first Reports. They are clear and sensible documents, full of justice and common sense, and do credit to the corps of international civil servants, who—as one of the few good fruits of the Treaty of Versailles—are now, under the aegis of the Reparations Commission and the League of Nations, playing so big a part in the life of Europe. READ MORE >>
Soviet Russia—I
How Much Has Germany Paid?
With the German government’s formal announcement of its bankruptcy and the total cessation of all payments including deliveries in kind, the first phase of reparations during which Germany continuously paid large sums—probably up to the full limit of her capacity—has come to an end. It may be that no more will ever be paid. This is therefore an appropriate moment for reviewing and estimating her past performance. READ MORE >>
Mr. Keynes as a Prophet
A prophet runs considerable risks; so perhaps he is entitled to boast a little when fortune smiles on him. READ MORE >>
