On Monday Russian iniquities were the subject of questions and
of the debate on the Foreign Office vote. Sir Austen Chamberlain had nothing really new to say in attack, nor the Government anything new to say in defence. The Prime Minister condemned Moscow as bitterly as anyone for breaking every agreement and dishonouring every pledge. But the Government says complacently that it does not matter. We disagree there, though we agree that we could gain mighty little, except perhaps in self-respect, by refusing to have a nest of people, who declare that their object is to ruin us, openly and diplomatically installed here, rather than driven underground. Mr. MacDonald devoted much of his speech to twitting Sir Austen Chamberlain on having so long and so patiently given recognition when lie was at the Foreign Office. Nobody attempted to defend Moscovite morality ; for there is no defence. The danger of their propaganda is probably greater in India than elsewhere. The danger of the vast and increasing armed forces of Russia was only hinted at in Mr. MacDonald's references to Germany's nearness to Russia on the map.
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