11 JUNE 1927, Page 2

There are signs that the French Government are thinking of

following the example of Great Britain in dealing with the Soviet representatives. The Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Justice have both made strong speeches about the effrontery of Soviet methods in France. Both of them implied that the Government would not tolerate this abominable campaign much longer. The Times correspondent says that Communist" cells "have been formed by the Bolshevists, not only in factories, but in large retail shops in Paris and throughout the country. This is something new. The cells might be very fertile in the luxury shops. In any ease the Bolshevist agents find the land favourable for cultivation just now because the French people are Suffering acutely from the cost of living.