The situation in Russia has been disturbed by objections raised
to the Note in which the Provisional Government reaffirmed Russia's loyalty to her Allies. On Thursday week demonstrations were held in Petregre,d, and M. Miliukoff addressed the crowds, rebuking any suggestion that Russia could possibly make reser- vations in her allegiance to the Pact of London. As a result of negotiations between the Socialists and the Nationalists, M. Miliukoff issued an explanation of the Note which seems verbally to temper some of the terms used. The general opinion is that by discreet concessions he has strengthened the position of the Pro- visional Government. His own loyalty to the cause which is bound up with the defeat of Germany is well known. British sympathy with the Russian Revolution is so intense throughout all classes that we are profoundly anxious to learn that all the leaders in Russia stand together as one man in their conviction that there can be no freedom for Russians while Germany retains her old and sinister power.
