1 NOVEMBER 1924, Page 2

There is nothing in all this, of course, which is

not perfectly familiar. It has all been said by Zinovieff and the leaders of the Red International over and over again. The importance of the publication of the letter lay not in any new threat, but, first, in the fact that propaganda for a violent revolution in this country was being continued immediately after the Russian delegation had signed a pledge in the Treaty that they would refrain from propaganda, and, secondly, in the reactions upon the General Election. Zinovieff's message was published at the moment when it was known that the Daily Mail, which had come into possession of it, was about to publish it.