Lord Curzon expressed his profound disappointment at the failure of
the Bolsheviks to fulfil their promises. They seemed unable to realize, he said, that, so long as they indulged in "inflammatory invective " against British institutions and caused their agents to undertake actually hostile intrigues, the renewal of ordinary relations with Russia was impossible. For our own part, we did not expect the Bolsheviks to keep their word. Yet it is distressing to think that Russia remains under the control of these men at a time when she urgently needs help for the famine. The Bolsheviks have asked the Allies, through Dr. Neilsen, for a Government loan with which to buy food. But they are lavishly spending money—in gold, not paper—on propagandists who with pamphlets- and bombs are to overthrew the British Raj. What are we to do with such people ?
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