Word: zinovieff
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...peace with the Japanese was a bitter pill for the British. The reports of his later contradictory statements only confused the issue. The Government's position that Gandhi's call for civil disobedience was a "stab in the back" was widely accepted. Forgotten apparently was the famed Zinovieff letter of 1924, which swung an election through public misunderstanding. The British were hard pressed on many fronts, had suffered too many defeats and disappointments to have sympathy for illogical "blackmail...
...happened to be living in London during that year and for many years before and after the coal strike. I know that in England at least the forgery of the "Zinovieff papers" was revealed to the satisfaction of every man and woman in Britain with the capacity to read the newspapers of the day. It was the sensation of the hour when the discovery was made that the "Moscow gold" red herring had been utilized merely for the purposes of defeating the Liberals in the election. And here, after all these years, a seemingly reputable magazine is unaware...
...Reader Nicolais mend her dates, recall that the Zinovieff letter figured in the British general election of 1924, two years before leaders of the British coal strike received through Lloyds and other banks some $2,000,000 from the Commercial and Industrial Bank...
...Zinovieff Note affair in England strengthens the position of Secretary Hughes, who opposes recognition of Soviet Russia. But perhaps Senator Borah's ardor can bring some new pressure to bear upon the State Department. On the World Court issue, Senator Borah's stand is less sure. At any rate he is not the irreconcilable and stand-patter that was Senator Lodge. By strenuous effort, making due allowance for Senatorial procedure, it is quite possible the United States may endorse the World Court by, say 1950, though that may, be premature...
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