24 JULY 1909, Page 2

Sir Edward Grey ended by declaring that he was sure

the. general sense of the House would not permit an act of marked discourtesy to the head of the Russian State-to-bring about a division not merely between the Governments but between the peoples. That Sir Edward Grey expressed the feeling of the nation we do not doubt, and we feel quite sure that the Members of the Bums who visited England this summer' will be able to explain to their countrymen how little importance is to be attached to the words of the mischief-makers here who pretend to know better than Russian Liberals what are the interests of Russian Liberalism.