RUSSIAN RECOGNITION
"STATESMANLIKE ACT" SENATOR BORAH’S TRIBUTE TO BRITISH ACTION, BREAKING WITH PAST. Bv Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cnon> i , kui (Received January 27, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, January 25. The resumption by Britain of full diplomatic relations with Russia in the opinion of President Calvin Coolidge Will have less bearing upon the attitude of the United States towards Russia than will the investigation of Soviet recognition now being conducted by a sub-committee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee headed by Senator Borah. It is indicated that President Coolidge will not dose his eyes to anything that is developed by the committee. In a statement Senator Borah said l : “It, may ’he presumed that for all practical purposes we may regard the recognition of Russia by the English Government as an accomplished fact. It is a statesmanlike, courageous thing to do, and marks a distinct break with the bitterness, hatred, and intolerance of war times. “It points to a new moral and spiritual regime.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11738, 28 January 1924, Page 8
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