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News •of the Week ON Wednesday the Government presented a

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to the:Soviet protesting' against the Bolshevist oliey of maliciously scheming 'against Great Britain II all parts of the world. Sir Austen Chamberlain's ist of offences is impressive and conchisive. The infamous iisehief-making of the Politbureau is veiled by a emblance of ordinary diplomatic usage and by professions f friendliness. The whole thing is such a nightmare at one can detect no sanity anywhere. It would equire greater. optimism than we possess to make us elieve that this fresh protest in' a long series will have lore effect than the others. Sir Austen threatens a uspension -of trade_ relations and eYen of diplomatic elation.

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