16 AUGUST 1924, Page 2

It is curious and rather amusing to notice the distress

of the Riga correspondent of the Times at the tremendous jubilation in Russia over the provisional signing of the Treaty. Soviet newspapers speak of this formal asso- ciation with a Capitalist Power as one of "the greatest victories in history." But when we remember that according to the pure Soviet doctrine any relation with capitalism is death and damnation, we cannot quite see where the victory comes in—at least not from the Communist point of view. We may remain calm.