UNREST IN ENGLAND MAY CAUSE REVOLT

"Many persons in England seem to believe that there is a possibility of revolution in England next spring," Professor W. C. Abbott, professor of history in the University, stated yesterday to a CRIMSON reporter. "However, it is only a possibility. Recently there has been a lining up of the opposing factions, and one cannot tell how the appearance of the threat of active opposition will affect the advocates of revolution."

Professor Abbott, who has recently returned from a summer's trip in Europe, considers the power of the communists in England alarming.

Opposition Organizes

"Last week, 3000 English Facisti joined the Liverpool police; another large number are likely to do the same in Manchester. They have finally become alarmed by the communists, who have been organizing for months. A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners' Federation, has been going up and down the country preaching red revolution.

"At the recent Trade Union congress the communistic program was endorsed; though to be sure there is a split in the ranks, for the Labor party recently repudiated communism.

"Whether the lining up of the opponents of communism will check the revolutionary movement, as it is meant to do, nobody knows. It is only natural that the threat of revolution has aroused the opposing forces. The certainty of the struggle in the case of revolution that this arousing implies, may check the communistic aims.

"Red Menace" Is Behind Strike

"On the other hand, if Mr. Cook is successful and a general strike occurs in the spring, an attempt at revolution may very probably follow. I do not think it would be successful.

Professor Abbott said that he thought that conditions in England were worse than in any of the other countries he visited. "Among the countries of western Europe, I think the Netherlands rank first in general prosperity; then I would put Germany, France, Belgium, and England in that order.

Germany's Prosperity Amazing

"The prosperity in Germany is amazing. Prices are tremendously high, but everywhere I went there were evidences of wealth and prosperity. It has been a very good year for the crops in that part of Europe.

"The Germans complain of high taxes; but for several years they were untaxed, so any tax would seem high to them now. It is hard to tell where taxes are higher, in Germany or in France. The people of each country believe that their leaves are the highest in the world; but has a matter of fact the English are the cost heavily taxed."