A SOVIET DIPLOMAT.
EXCESS OF AFFABILITY. London, Oct. 5. Joffe, who is the head of the Russian Soviet delegation negotiating with the Poles at Riga, appears to be a kind of "Vicar of Bray." According to an account l)yv a French journalist, he is a. most affable man, determined evidently to please everybody regardless of their For example, to the Poles he praises the Polish troops; to an Englishman he endeavours to demonstrate that the future of Europe depends on the establishment of economic relations between Britain and Russia; while to an American interviewer he denouces Mr. Lloyd George's policy. Upon the arrival of a German, Joffe makes no effort to hide his esteem for the German people, and outlines plans for close economic and political co-opera-tion between Berlin and Moscow, but then, half an hour later, a Polish journalist enters, Joffe is horrified at the idea of an alliance between Russia and
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1920, Page 5
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153A SOVIET DIPLOMAT. Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1920, Page 5
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