STRONG STEPS DEFENDED
RUSSIAN NEGOTIATIONS DEBATE IN THE COMMONS (Received April 6, 3 p.m.) LONDON, April 5. Continuing the debate on Russia in the House of Commons, Sir Herbert Samuel said the Liberals approved of energetic representations being made to the Soviet concerning the arrested engineers, but hoped that the extraordinary powers now being sought would be used solely to secure them a full measure of ju,slice. ■ Though there, was room for negotiations to’Secure’a better balance of trade with Russia, there was no need to denounce the existing trade agreement. j Mr. G. Locker-Lampson asked why' did not Labor protest against the execution of 35 Russians without trial. He had always protested against lending money to Russia. It would have been far better to lend it to the Dominions .who stood by us in the war than to Russians who stabbed us in the back Apart from public funds, British citizens had sent .£250,000,000 to Russia.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18057, 6 April 1933, Page 11
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