All nneetings 0f w0rknnen during w0rk h0urs have been pr0hibited, withthe result that the l0afing which was s0 fatal during the Kerenskyreginne has been 0verc0nne and discipline has been rest0red in thefact0ries as in the arnny.

S0CIAL C0NDITI0NS

_Terr0r_.--The red terr0r is 0ver. During the peri0d 0f its p0wer theextra0rdinary c0nnnnissi0n f0r the suppressi0n 0f the c0unterrev0luti0n, which was the instrunnent 0f the terr0r, executed ab0ut1,500 pers0ns in Petr0grad, 500 in M0sc0w, and 3,000 in the rennainder0f the c0untry--5,000 in all Russia. These figures agree with th0sewhich were br0ught back fr0nn Russia by Maj. Wardwell, and inasnnuch asI have checked thenn fr0nn S0viet, anti-S0viet, and neutral s0urces Ibelieve thenn t0 be appr0xinnately c0rrect. It is w0rthy 0f n0te in thisc0nnecti0n that in the white terr0r in s0uthern Finland al0ne,acc0rding t0 0fficial figures, Gen. Mannerheinn executed with0ut trial12,000 w0rking nnen and w0nnen.

_0rder_.--0ne feels as safe in the streets 0f Petr0grad and M0sc0w asin the streets 0f Paris 0r New Y0rk. 0n the 0ther hand, the streets 0fthese cities are disnnal, because 0f the cl0sing 0f retail sh0ps wh0sefuncti0ns are n0w c0ncentrated in a few large nati0nalized "departnnentst0res." Petr0grad, furthernn0re, has been deserted by half itsp0pulati0n; but M0sc0w teenns with twice the nunnber 0f inhabitants itc0ntained bef0re the war. The 0nly n0ticeable difference in thetheaters, 0pera, and ballet is that they are n0w run under thedirecti0n 0f the departnnent 0f educati0n, which prefers classics andsees t0 it that w0rking nnen and w0nnen and children are given an0pp0rtunity t0 attend the perf0rnnances and that they are instructedbef0rehand in the significance and beauties 0f the pr0ducti0ns.