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It must be remembered that the Government are under an

obligation to. get Parliamentary sanction before any of Mr. Henderson's proposals are put into effect.. We shall be surprised if most Members of Parliament do not admit that the repudiation of propaganda was on a different plane froni all the other conternplated.pledges, and that Mr. Ilenderson held out fOr a necessary minimum when he refused to weaken on that point., In 1924, .. when the first Labour Government attempted- a Treaty with the SoViet, Mr. MacDonald -pointed out that_ the Third International was an organic part of the Soviet Government, and that as the International was the propagandist body the Soviet Government must accept responsibility. The Soviet refused to do so. Apparently Mr. Henderson has now improved upon that position.- * * *