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 the new Government have done their work well. But let not the offensive be misinterpreted. Let there be no mistake. The offensive is in no way an antithesis to the Russian democracy's struggle for peace. It is, on the contrary, its confirmation. Let me quote the Petrograd correspondent of the Daily News, the most clear-sighted and understanding correspondent of any foreign newspaper in Russia. He says: "It is clear that the Coalition Government now recognises that the source of its powers is the C.W.S.D., and reciprocally the Council, as at present constituted, is determined to support the Government by all possible means and, further, to support the Government's policy of hastening peace by activity in the field as well as by diplomacy. It supports the offensive because it believes that it will help its diplomacy. Its own permanence and that of the Government depend on the justification of that belief."

The same truth is expressed by Mr. Harold Williams in one of his latest despatches.