Peretous

"Peretous," the nom de plume of a writer of the Moscow Izvestiya, gave the lie to rumors of the impending entry of Bolshevikland into the League of Nations:

"Soviet Russia," he scoffed, "could never agree with the fundamental aim of the League to consolidate the present status of State borders; and we would never permit the League to compel us to submit to arbitration the vital interests of the Soviet Union, as there cannot exist impartial arbitration between the Soviet economic system and capitalistic society."

Reminding his readers that the Soviet Government has its own world program, the writer continued:

"Time works for us; and Russia can afford, without alarm, to watch calmly the League of Nations, which she fears is a Colossus with feet of clay."