There could not be a more false or a more
injurious represen- tation of the facts. Sympathy with the Russian Revolution here is universal, and what are foolishly called " Imperialistic " or annexationist demands are simply and solely the demands for restitution and reparation. 'Unless Germany is compelled to make restitution, it will have to be said that the principles of the free- booter have triumphed, that might without right has prevailed, and that liberty after all has perished. The intensity of the desire here that Russia should get to work again in the field is, in fine, only a particular expression of the ardent wish that the new Russia shall keep every particle of the freedom she has won. It cannot he made too clear to the Russians that there are no two opinions about this in Britain. Some of our thoughts may have been expressed clumsily, or may have been misreported, but they have all been framed in loyal support of the Revolution, and in admiration of the spirit and method which achieved it.
