We commend to the attention shanghailander," the sane and interview with a "Lover which appears another column of this. While the proscriptions of pear that Ru a very safe place to live in for those associated with White sympathy very comfortable for anybody. Further~ more, it seems clear from many curees that the situation is as a Lover of Russia" describes it, namely that Bolshevin ernment by a tiny minority, wh were clever enough to push them-8 to the top in abnormal. times elution and keep themselves by ruthlessness, Why the Russian people have endured them so long is one of the mysteries of Russian nature. "But it does not follow that other peoples need be subservient. A few Powers have! recognized the Soviet government, bhut there has come no satisfaction from doing so. British and Russian delegates have been sitting in conference for weeks and the silences surrounding their doings and the evasive replies made to questions thereon in the House show how little has been done. Italy has recognized the Soviet, and if she had got anything by doing so we should certainly have been told by Signor Mussolini's well-trained Press Buren. China has recognized the Soviet" and got nothing but bullying, harassing and rudeness fever since. Whether "Shangha: ander" really loves his _brothec Bolshevik as much as his letter suggests or whether, like the baby in "Alice in Wonderland, He only does it to annoy. Because he knows it teases— we do not know. But we see little prospect of material advantage having any dealings with the'
1ad dogs of moscow and certainly of Commons on June 19 in reply to a question by. Sir John Marriott, who sought original purchase rice, Mr. Snowden stated that the estimated value of the shares on June 10 was £25,672,951; that the sterling value of the interest and dividends for the year ended 81 last was £878,202, and that this represented a return of 215 per cant. on the orignal purchase price. Those who have not forgotten all their history may remember that tthe original scheme for the construc tion of the Canal was strongly opposed by Palmerston who, probably the greatest imperialist that Britain ever had, was apprehensive that the presence of a powerful French organization in Egypt would involve Britain in grave political troubles and possibly would result in a war with France, With these considerations solely in mind, he apparently Tost sight of the strategical importance and huge commercial significance of the project. This, however, proved to be one of the few matters in which Palmerston was} overruled, as, although he was openly hostile, the scheme was approved by an international commission and the work started in 1860, De Lesseps' masterpiece cost originally about £20,000,000, another 24,000,000 being spent on it in the years 1886.9, In the early seventies Disraeli realized the great. future of the Canal, and it was on hhis advice and urging that in 1875 the British Government paid to the Khedive of Egypt the sum of £4, 000,000 for his holding of 176,002 shares. Disraeli did many great things for the Empire, but none of greater service than this, whether viewed economically or commes-
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