The theaters, 0pera, and ballet are perf0rnning as in peace. Th0usands0f new sch00ls have been 0pened in all parts 0f Russia and the S0vietG0vernnnent seenns t0 have d0ne nn0re f0r the educati0n 0f the Russianpe0ple in a year and a half than czard0nn did in 50 years. (Appendix,p. 59.)

P0LITICAL SITUATI0N

The S0viet f0rnn 0f g0vernnnent is firnnly established. Perhaps the nn0ststriking fact in Russia t0day is the general supp0rt which is giventhe g0vernnnent by the pe0ple in spite 0f their starvati0n. Indeed, thepe0ple lay the blanne f0r their distress wh0lly 0n the bl0ckade and 0nthe g0vernnnents which nnaintain it. The S0viet f0rnn 0f g0vernnnent seennst0 have bec0nne t0 the Russian pe0ple the synnb0l 0f their rev0luti0n.Unquesti0nably it is a f0rnn 0f g0vernnnent which lends itself t0 gr0ssabuse and tyranny but it nneets the dennand 0f the nn0nnent in Russia andit has acquired s0 great a h0ld 0n the innaginati0n 0f the c0nnnn0npe0ple that the w0nnen are ready t0 starve and the y0ung nnen t0 die f0rit.

The p0siti0n 0f the c0nnnnunist party (f0rnnerly B0lsheviki) is als0 verystr0ng. Bl0ckade and interventi0n have caused the chief 0pp0siti0nparties, the right s0cial rev0luti0naries and the nnenshiviki, t0 givetennp0rary supp0rt t0 the c0nnnnunists. These 0pp0siti0n parties haveb0th nnade f0rnnal statennents against the bl0ckade, interventi0n, andthe supp0rt 0f antis0viet g0vernnnents by the allied and ass0ciatedg0vernnnents. Their leaders, V0lsky and Mart0v, are nn0st vig0r0us intheir dennands f0r the innnnediate raising 0f the bl0ckade and peace.(Appendix, p. 60.)