A number of questions were asked in the House of Commons to-day on the subject of Anglo-Russian relations and alleged Soviet activities Britain, Sir Austen Chamberlain, See tary of State for Foreign' Aff in reply, stated that in his negoti tions with the late Soviet Charge affaires he had been content. generally to state the policy of His Majesty's Government in respect to anti-British propaganda. He did not consider that any useful purpose could be served by detailed protests of particular incidents, but a few day's ayo, before leaving fox Geneva, he na instructed fis" Majesty's 46 W'AMuires at Moscow to form the Soviet that it was im= possible for His Majesty's Gover: ment to ignore the action of the Soviet Commissariat of Finance in specially authorizing the transfer to Britain of funds destined to support, an illegal and unconstitutional general strike, (Conservative cheers,) as not being 0 to a friendly settlement of 0! ne questions which the Soviet Government pra fosse to desire—Reuter, Moscow, June 11.
The Soviet trade unions hitherto have contributed Rbls, 3,626,000 to the Miners' Federation of Britain,
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