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SOVIET HIGH-HANDEDNESS CONTEMPT FOR INTERNATIONAL DECENCIES. APPEAL TO BRITISH PREMIER. By Telegraph—Press Assn—Copyright. (Received 17, 11.50 a.w.) London, March 16. The “Daily Express” says: “While Mr. MacDonald is weaving webs at Geneva the Soviet is treating British subjects as no other nation before has dared. It contemptuously and insdlenty disregards the decencies of international relations. Mr. MacDonald must return from Europe, which is no concern of Ours, and teach Russia that we will not submit to the maltreatment of our nationals, by imposing a ban on Russian trading.” CONFERENCE WITH LITVINOFF (Received 1". 12.5 p.m.) Moscow, March 16. Sir Esmond Ovey conferred with Litvinoff for IM) minutes and informed him that in the British Government's view there was no justification for the charges on which the arrests were Brnde. It is understood that Litvinoff replied that the Soviet's actions were based on the ground that each Government had the sovereign right to deal with people living in its territory. Sir Esmond did not demand the immediate release of the Britons, but implied that their release was a necessary means to straightening out Anglo-Soviet relations.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 81, 17 March 1933, Page 5
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