An objection has been raised by the British Government to
the appointment of M. Rakovsky as Soviet • repre- sentative in this country. We cannot see how the Government could have acted otherwise. It is one of the first 'principles of diplomacy that a diplomat should be acceptable to the country to which he is accredited. The objections to M. Rakovsky are only too obvious. He has made numerous violent attacks upon Great- Britain in his speeches and .writings. For- example, in one speech, summarized by the Morning Post, he ended a diatribe by pointing to some banners on the platform from which he spoke and exclaiming, " This is our answer to the British demands ! " On the banners were inscribed the words " We demand- Curzon's blood," " Death to Curzon ! " and so forth. In another speech, M. Rakovsky announced that he was going to London " to stir up trouble and to be on the spot at the right moment."
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