3 AUGUST 1929, Page 2

Great Britain and Russia The Soviet Ambassador in Paris, Mr.

Dovgalevsky, has come to London, and the conversations on procedure for re-establishing diplomatic contact between the two countries are fairly launched. In reply to the British Government's Note, Moscow insists that a resumption of normal relations must precede discussion on the substance of the points in controversy. We may allow the Russians their little bouts of sophistry. The essential thing is that the farce whereby the representative Govern- ments of two of the largest political units in the world are not on speaking terms should come to an end as quickly as possible. A welcome move announced last week is the extension—as from August 1st—of the Export Credits Scheme to trade with Russia as with any other country.