We note with satisfaction the dinner given yesterday week at
St. Petersburg by the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce to Professor Bernard Pares, one of the most judicious and indefatigable promoters of the Anglo-Russian Entente. M. Timiriazeff, who presided over a gathering which included several Members of the Dania and of the Council of Empire, dwelt on Anglo-Russian relations as an example of the growing solidarity of civilised nations. " Neither diplomatic nor purely business relations sufficed nowadays to bring peoples together. They all looked forward to a return visit from Great Britain." M. Homiakoff, who also spoke, said that after a year their memory of the Parliamentary visit to England was undimmed. He could not explain how it was, but it was evident that the Russian and English characters were mutually attractive, and he urged his fellow-countrymen to see more of England. In view of our long-standing con- viction—first expressed when hardly any other newspaper ventured to declare it—of the need of a better understanding with Russia, we naturally welcome these manifestations of goodwill with sincere pleasure.
