contained a map of the world, in which most of
Europe was coloured red or pink for actual or po-
tential revolution. I showed it to Bucharin and
said, "You cannot be surprised that people abroad
talk of you as of the new Imperialists."

Bucharin took the map and looked at it.

"Idiotism, rank idiotism!" he said. "At the
same time," he added, "I do think we have entered
upon a period of revolution which may last fifty
years before the revolution is at last victorious in
all Europe and finally in all the world."

Now, I have a stock theory which I am used to
set before revolutionaries of all kinds, nearly al-
ways with interesting results. (See p. 118.) I
tried it on Bucharin. I said: --

"You people are always saying that there will
be revolution in England. Has it not occurred to
you that England is a factory and not a granary,
so that in the event of revolution we should be
immediately cut off from all food supplies. Ac-
cording to your own theories, English capital
would unite with American in ensuring that within
six weeks the revolution had nothing to eat. Eng-
land is not a country like Russia where you can

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