Communists: The High Price of Horse Meat

Narrow is the road for enemies.

—Old Chinese Proverb

At every turn last week, the narrow road of enmity that Russia and Red China have been following resounded to the clang of colliding ideologies. From Moscow to Peking, from Rumania to Viet Nam, each collision was more bruising than the last.

The intense continuing rivalry for control of the Communist camp was most evident in Russia's and China's at tempts to outdo each other in promises of aid to the Communist Viet Cong. After only a hint from Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev that...

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