16 DECEMBER 1932, Page 3

A Lot of Pother Most sensible people will agree with

Mr. Churchill when he asked whether all the stir about an article in the Iszvestia, accusing the Foreign Office of having fabricated documents, was really worth while. The precise relation- ship of the Iszvestia with the Soviet Government is difficult to define. It is admittedly close, but if the Foreign Secretary is to take up with the Soviet Ambassador every offensive paragraph he comes across in /svestia's columns, he will not find much time left for his other duties. Some kind of verbal apology has been made by the Soviet Ambassador in London, and if that gratifies the Foreign Office all, no doubt, is well. But Mr. Churchill's comment remains the right one.