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King George has thrust a pin into the bubble which for two long days after Mr. Bonar Law's resignation supported Lord Curzon under the rays of the spotlight as the probable successor to the English premiership. The bubble was large, but it was nothing more and in the clear sunlight of modern conditions it could not last...
...Russians have not forgotten Lord Curzon's last note on Soviet-land, which was, it was alleged, founded largely upon hearsay...
...cause of this outburst is Lord Curzon's recent note to the Soviet Government. The reason for sending the note was the seizure of a British trawler...
...agreement, and, of course, with seizing the trawler. The note was a virtual ultimatum, which incensed the Soviet Government. "Don't dictate," say the Bolsheviki, "we are ready to negotiate on equal terms, but we will not be led!" That is the gist of the Soviet reply to Curzon. Much capital has been made out of a British warship, which is now in the White Sea, but it is certain that neither Britain nor Russia has any intention of going to war. The most that can happen is the abrogation of the trade agreement and the consequent withdrawal...
Marchioness Curzon (wife of the British Foreign Minister): " I wrote letters to leading dressmakers saying that I am buying my clothes in London instead of Paris this spring by order of ' a very high personage.' ' Queen Mary wants to encourage home industry!' commented the press...