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Mr. Boner Law moved the adjournment to October 19th, on

the understanding that the House might reassemble at any time if the public interest required it. He repudiated the suggestion that the Government's policy towards Poland had been influenced in any way by the " Council of Action," as that policy had not varied since January last. We had told the Poles that, if the Bolshevik offer of terms was genuine, we should not interfere, and Italy took the same view. Mr. Asquith approved of the Government's action, but urged the full recognition of the Bolsheviks as a de facto Government.