ZINOVIEFF LETTER

Grey River Argus, 22 March 1928, Page 5

ZINOVIEFF LETTER

“Still in the Air” t — I TORIES REFUSE INQUIRY. I LONDON. March 20. <. 11 is general’v agreed that Labour lias made its last serious attempt to j discredit the Zinovieff letter. Mi | Baldwin’s dramatic disclosure of Im- j ■ hiiin s letter, followed by Mr Mac- ( Donald’s <\a-ion of Sir D. Hogg’s , ■ha'leiige. ( Oiiipletid Mr M D mal<l ’s J ( dis•■nilit lire, and deeply iin ( pres-ed the House. Tin - division list is ihe bi - I indication of that; even Ihi Liberal bodily trooped to the lovi rnim nt lobby. p Some Labourites -till protest that _ Inilhurn’- disclosure left rhe Zinovieff otter in the air. and ask who gave it j o Imthurn. The latter, when inter- j liewtd, said th re wore the strongest j. reasons for not disclosing the name. ; •Is it feasible that a man in my position would act as I did unless abso- , lutely sure of my ground?” he said, j ‘lf it is (inauthentic. it would be an •xt i .(ordinary coincidence lha I should : receive one copy, and the Foreign Of- q lire another, two days later. I think ( . in the best interests of everybody, the , matter should be dropped ami buried.’’ c