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<p>[Page 94]</p><p>in Russia has become more and more tenuous for the new government. The Socialist Party has split into a Menshevik and a Bolshevik wing, and the latter, led by Lenin and to be seen as extremists, want to topple the Kerensky government. The first attempt seems to have failed and Lenin had to flee; but further rebellions are sure to follow. In the meantime, Petersburg has disclosed the private correspondence of the Tsar, particularly telegram exchanges with the Kaiser, which show that at the time of the Russian-Japanese War, the Kaiser tried to come to an entente with Russia that was to include the French. Had this plan been successful, England’s world politics would have been badly shaken.</p><p>Sadly, the consequences of the Reichstag resolution I had hoped for have not materialised so far. The socialists have refused to join the cabinet “until a complete parliamentary system is introduced”. This remark by Scheidemann suggests that the government, unfortunately, does not even think of</p>