Mr. CHURCHILL himself was more concerned with facts than phrases. The
impugned circular, though he took no responsibility for its wording,
was essential at the time it was sent out, for the State was bound to
defend itself not against ordinary strikes, but against those which
would entail universal paralysis. Turning to Russia, he described
Bolshevism as a disease rather than a policy; it spread rapidly, but
died out quickly and left its victims--as Colonel WEDGWOOD might be
glad to know--immune for the future.
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