SOCIALISM FAILS FOR RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 42, 18 August 1917, Page 8

SOCIALISM FAILS

FOR RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT

A REPUBLIC INEVITABLE.

(ADSTIUMAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received August 18, 3 p.m.)

NEW YORK, 17th Atfgust. Mr. Shepperd, the United Press Moscow correspondent, telegraphs: ' 'The forthcoming Moscow Conference on ( 23rd August will mark the end of ' panSocialistic' rule in Russia, and the entrance of new elements of conservatism, commerce, and finance. "The Socialists have failed in their attempt to govern, partly because the cities are socialistic and the country conservative, and. partly because of the internal quarrels which precipitated the July massacre, and also of the effort to dominate behind the scenes without assuming responsibility. "M. Kerensky's recognition that Socialism is a failure shows his greatness of mind. No observer of Russian affairs can fail to realise that any Socialism which may aspire to rule the world must be different from the present Russian.example. The Socialists themselves are disillusioned. "I have heard a score of American Socialists say they arc through with Socialism, and must have something more practical. Fears of Monarchy a.re nonsense, and a Republic is inevitable, though rumours of Monarchical plots persist.