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officials in Washington who privately agreed with the British estimate of the situation,” Red China deserves recognition for so simple a reason as that “the Chinese People’s Government is a government of Chinese people by Chinese people and for Chinese people.”

The action of the Catholic bishops in England calling on the government to importune Malenkov on the fate of victims of religious persecution is encouraging. More encouraging still is the success of the rally in Manchester protesting the forthcoming visit of Bulganin and Khrushchev. Organized by Mr. Malcolm Muggeridge, editor of Punch (whom we quote below in another connection) the rally took place in Manchester because Mr. Muggeridge could not secure a hall anywhere in London—the result, he implied, of a concerted effort by the government to discourage the protest. Exercising considerable restraint, Mr. Muggeridge characterized Britain’s forthcoming honored guests as “seasoned professional terrorists.”

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officials in Washington who privately agreed with the British estimate of the situation,” Red China deserves recognition for so simple a reason as that “the Chinese People’s Government is a government of Chinese people by Chinese people and for Chinese people.”

The action of the Catholic bishops in England calling on the government to importune Malenkov on the fate of victims of religious persecution is encouraging. More encouraging still is the success of the rally in Manchester protesting the forthcoming visit of Bulganin and Khrushchev. Organized by Mr. Malcolm Muggeridge, editor of Punch (whom we quote below in another connection) the rally took place in Manchester because Mr. Muggeridge could not secure a hall anywhere in London—the result, he implied, of a concerted effort by the government to discourage the protest. Exercising considerable restraint, Mr. Muggeridge characterized Britain’s forthcoming honored guests as “seasoned professional terrorists.”