London, Nov. 22. qur latest position affecting Britain's foreign relations, particularly with the Soviet Union, the Vichy Government, the Uhited States and Greece, was reviewed in Parliament last night by Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, who also denied vigorously Signor Mussolini's recent allegations of British responsibility for the war.
"According to the information at my disposal," declared Lord Halifax, "there is little new that I can presently say to give an indication of what passed during M. "Molotov's recent visit to Berlin. We have made certain proposals for a trade agreement with the Soviet Government, and they are still before the Soviet Government, and we are awaiting their reply to the proposals, which we had some reason to believe were likely to be acceptable to them. quite all right, a growing number of of People in Italy are not too happy about "hat they hear about Taranto and as they see the humiliation to which they are being exposed in this war, which was forced upon them by the ambition of their leader, whom they had been taught with parrot-like monotony to repeat that he is always right.
War of Naked Plunder Sealing with Britain's relations with the French Government, Lord NtiNax referred to the "words of greet wisdom" expressed by Lord "trenchard recently when he "expressed confidence in reviving the spirit of France and the French people.
"It ever there was a war of naked plunder it is this one against a small people, who have shown the world that, as in the invasions of their [ancient history, courage and love of freedom can be more powerful than numbers.
"Never in the course of the world's long history has the name of Greece stood so high or that of Italy so low."
There were so many false allegations and @istortions in Mussolini's speech, continued Lord Halifax, that he must say a word about them. He particularly referred to the "extra-
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