Paris, Sept, 4.
The recent action of M. Rakowski, Soviet Ambassador at Paris, in signing a manifesto promising Russian support for a world revolution has led the French Government protest to M. Chicherin, the Soviet Foreign Commissiary, who has rejed that M. Rakowski signed the manifesto merely as a member of the Russian Communist Party ard not as the Soviet Ambassador.
M. Chicherin's reply has not sat fied the French Government, which has again protested in very forcible terms. As a result M. Chicherin has ent a letter to the French Ambassador at Moscow very clearly' disavowing the attitude of Bl. Rakowski.
section of the French press, however, continues to demand that 'M. Rakowsk! should leave France—
Reuter.
Paris, Sept. 5.
'The outstanding topic in the! newspapers is the manifesto which iwas signed by M. Rakowski, the [Soviet Ambassador here, promising Russian support for a' world re-/volution (which led to a protest by. the French Government, in reply to which the Soviet Foreign Commissary, M. Chicherin, sent a letter very' clearly disavowing the Soviet Ambassador's attitude M, Rakowsky. who is absent from Paris taking a cure, has published long "explanation", declaring that when signing the manifesto, he had contemplated the possibility of a war against the Soviets and consequent-nowise concerned Franei whose attitude towards Russia, he adds, his Government regards as M, Briand, the French Foreign Minister, interviewed at Geneva, said he was satisfied with Chicherin's disavowal of M. Rakowsky's action and did not wish to interpret the incident as a step towards a ropture—Reuter,
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