The Notes exchanged between Britain and the Soviet confirming the anti-propaganda undertaking quoted by Lord Thomson in the House of Lords on December 4 have been published. The pledge was as follows:
"The contracting parties solemnly affirm their desire and intention to live in peace and amity' with each other and scrupulously to respect the undoubted right of a State to order its own life within its own jurisdiction and in its own way, to refrain and restrain all persons and organizations under their direct and indirect control, ineluditg organizations in receipt of any financial assi from them, from any act, overt or other, which would be liable in any way whatever to endanger any part of the British Empire or the Union, of the Socialist Soviet The Soviet Note, which embraces Britain and India, is_accompaniod by the text of the Note, verbally communicated by M. Sokolnikoff, the Soviet Ambassador, to Mr, Are thur Henderson, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In this Note the Soviet states that it considers the undertaking will also extend to all Dominions as soon as any Dominion Government regulates its relations. with the Soviet and as particular circumstances require and on a basis, of reciprocity.
Mx. Henderson replied that the attitude of the Soviet was being communicated to the Dominions and: at the instance of each he stated that they regarded the undertaking. as in full fore and effect between themselves and the Soviet—Reuter,
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