From The Times: October 14, 1919The next few weeks will be critical in the history of Russia and, as Russia touches our interests at so many points, of Great Britain also. Except through some reversal of military fortune which no one can forecast, the Bolshevist Government is nearing its end, and it is conceivable that a continuance of the successes of General Denikin may bring about in the next few weeks a sudden collapse. He is now on the outskirts of Orel, which is as near to Moscow as Manchester to London, and we should be surprised if a Government based on terrorism, as the Bolshevist Government is, had the resolution to stand at the last ditch. The time has come to take serious…

Source: The Times October 13, 2019 23:01 UTC