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It was on these signs of improvement that Lord Curzon

dwelt in his speech ate the Aldwych Club on Tuesday. It was somewhat significant that at the end of his optimistic survey he stated that he had no time to speak of Russia and found little to say of France. Still, he is certainly to be congratulated on a sanguine tempera- ment. He was opposed to a policy of " skedaddle," which meant that he did not favour withdrawal from our Eastern commitments.

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