Apart from the question of the Jdivision of the nations in their attitude toward Russia, there is the issue involved in the—Soviet's defiance of established international practice. The Soviet makes no distinction between an Ambassador and an Envoy Extraordinary, nor does it agree with the internationally-held view relating to the status of Consulates. According Moscow's opinion, a Consulate should enjoy the same immunity from entry and seizure as a Ley tion, an' illustration of which viewpoint was recently afforded in Berlin. When a country does not Jeonform with practices which have prevailed over a century, that, country must obviously be treated according to its own peculiar notions; and in the less important countries, individual action will undoubtedly take the place of collective presentation in international affairs when the Soviet is admitted to the various Legation groups.
In regard to Peking, this will also apply eventually, except in respect of the Legation Quarter about which the Diplomatic Corps intends to secure the guarantees which held with the—Teavist Government and must hold with any successor calling itself the heir of former rights and privileges before the Soviet can be admitted to the Legatio
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