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 etc.) discussing questions of government with the Commissaries and eating the same food, which is no more than every other workman in Hungary is allowed to have.

The theatres and operas are running as usual, except that the performances begin at five o'clock in the afternoon and end at 8.30, to allow the workers to go directly from their employment to their amusement, find to get them home early at night. Ninety per cent, of the seats at the socialised theatres and at the opera can be obtained only by members of Trade Unions, while the other ten per cent, are for sale at higher rates for the burgeoisie. The actors are paid by the Government, which considers them among the most useful workers.

Bela Kun received me very promptly one hour after I had requested an interview on the morning of my arrival. His direct and explicit answers were a surprise to a press correspondent used to indirect formulas at the Peace Conference interviews. No time was wasted in needless formalities or evasion. "The object of the revolution was primarily to abolish classes" he said. "Our greatest problem is of course the international situation, but the blockade does not affect our food supply because we have enough, and our factories for manufacturing farm implements are running to a capacity of 200 per cent, greater than under the old capitalist system. We have more freight cars than we need for transporting food, but must depend on a meagre supply of wood for fuel. The principles of the revolution are the same as those of the Russian Revolution, but we think we have profited by the experience, as we are making use of the intellectuals in our government organization. Yes, I am in favour of a show of force and of terror, if necessary, until things are settled. The present basis of our Soviet system is purely political with economic organization separate. Only workers can vote, but unemployed who wish to work and find no employment can vote, and housewives are recognized as workers. In order to control wealth, all shares or other unearned increment are