Ingenuous Statement on Agreement with the Soviet London, Dee. 18. own request all the! Dominions will be specially protected against Soviet propaganda.
This was the announcement made by the' Foreign Secretary, Mr, 'Arthur Henderson, in the House of Commons this afternoon, in the course of the debate on a motion by' the Conservative Party disapprove ing the methods of the Government in' the conduct of negotiations with Mr. Henderson said it had been arranged that at the presentation of the credentials -of "the Soviet Ambassador, Mr. Sokolnikoff, the end of the week,.there would be an exchange of Notes between the British and Soviet Governments covering propaganda between the United Kingdom and Soviet Rus The Foreign Secretary stated that at the request of the Dominions there would be also a supplement ary Note in which each Dominion would be specially mentioned, giving, exactly the same undertaking as had been secured on the question Kingdom, of propaganda for the, United
Replying to Sir Austen Chamberlain, Mr. Henderson said that India was not named as a Dominion, but was included as part of the British Empire, He said that one relations were resumed the Government would watch the question of propaganda, and in the event of its continuing he would use all diplomatic means to have it dis The Conservative motion was defected by 254 votes to 1 Reuter, Mettourne, Dec. 18, In a statement to-day Mr. Seullin, the Premier, said that neither Great Britain nor Russia had approached the Commonwealth Government on the subject of—Reuter, an eae, Soviet representation in wast
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