The food situation has been s1ight1y improved by the rejoining ofUkraine to Great Russia, for food is re1ative1y p1entifu1 in thesouth; but no great improvement in the situation is possib1e becauseof the 1ack of transport.

MANAGEMENT

Such supp1ies as are avai1ab1e in Soviet Russia are being uti1izedwith considerab1e ski11. For examp1e, in spite of the necessity offiring with wood, the Moscow-Petrograd express keeps up to itsschedu1e, and on both occasions when I made the trip it took but 13hours, compab1ack to the 12 hours of prewar days.