Three Aspects of the Russian Revolution
ruling the country, and to the more modest who in the factories are acting as counsellors to their comrades. We have already reported on the extreme good-will of every one, and their deep and sincere desire to do right. There is in the Slavonic soul a kind of nobleness that leads ft to seek for the truth simply, without obstinately holding to some preconceived idea. These are the really solid grounds for hope. There are some for fear. Already, no doubt, the reader has noted several, and we are going to call attention to one here. Russia can be rescued from its present chaos only by the efforts of every class. She must have the entire, unreserved co-ordination of all. Has this been acquired? In this respect there are some disquieting symptoms. It seems that in the commercial world and in certain political circles a policy of sulking the Revolution, of refusing it any help, has been adopted. It would seem that certain classes are inclined to leave it severely alone in the midst of its difficulties, in the hope that it will succumb to them, and that by favour of an early
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