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AGREEMENT WITH BRITAIN. DELEGATION THANKED. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received Aug. 22, 11.15 a.m. MOSCOW, Aug. 21. The Soviet unanimously thanked the delegation to London for their efforts in regard to the Anglo-Soviet agreement, and instructed the Government in future negotiations, never to agree to terms which will place a new burden of taxation on the workers in Soviet Russia.
M. Rakovsky, in a speech, contended that the agreement did not infringe the laws of the Soviet in regard to nationalisation and the annulment of debts, while Soviet Russia only pay claims which are recognised as advantageous to itself 1 or for which social justice demanded compensation. He predicted the ratification of the treaty, because otherwise property owners and bond holders would get nothing. M. Tchicherin described the treaty as a basis for future relations with other countries.
Mrs Susan Lawrence was accorded an ovation when greeted by the Moscow Soviet on behalf of British Labour. She said the agreement was welcomed enthusiastically. She urged the two peoples to work closelv together.—Sydney Sun Cable.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 August 1924, Page 9
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