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Michigan's chief prohibiter, the Rev. R. N. Holsaple, wrote Mr. Raskob a letter. Did Mr. Raskob mean that he & friends would now comply with the spirit-of-the-law and abstain from liquor...
...Dear American friends, we humbly beg you to appoint some one who will abstain rigorously from sentimentalism and who quite simply from day to day will keep us informed as to what you really are thinking...
...with Rus sia may be resumed) : "The initiative should come from the Soviet Government, whose hostile activities compelled the British Government to suspend diplomatic relations. The Soviet Government know well that if they come forward with constructive proposals we shall be glad to consider them, but first they must abstain from propa ganda against this country." In addition to this sharp exchange in the Commons, excitement was manifest in British Communist circles last week when the Foreign Office refused to issue passports to five children, nominated by British Communist organizations to visit Russia as guests of the Moscow Congress...
...Again, if beholding overmuch intemperance in his flock, he exhorteth all men to abstain from strong drink...
Conclusion. "His Majesty's Government are not concerned with the domestic affairs of Russia nor with its form of government. All they require is that that Government should refrain from interference with purely British concerns and abstain from hostile action or propaganda against British subjects...