Great Britain and the Soviet The Russian reply to the
proposal of the British Government to restore diplomatic relations has been despatched but not received when we write. It states apparently that the Soviet Ambassador in Paris, M. Dovgalevsky, has been instructed to come to London, to enter into a preliminary exchange of views in regard to the procedure of the subsequent discussions on dis- putable queStions but not upon the substance of those questions. The Moscow correspondent of the Daily News says that the " disputable questions " include propaganda and debts. He points out that the original statement of the Soviet that they would not discuss anything at all until diplomatic relations had been restored has been " got over " by M. Dovgalevsky's mission. It is evidently hoped that the preliminaries will lead to an exchange of envoys before there is any formal conference.
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