The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-08-29
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THING OF FAST
American Consulate a ETOWStOg
Spot For Goat,
MOST SHOPS ARE CLOSED
Public is Unaware Advance Party Of
American Relief Unit is Due For
Survey.

Moscow, Aug. 29-But slight change
In the physical appearance of Moscow
since the American consulate and the
remnant of the American colony left
three years ago is noticeable.
Buildings are somewhat sh;tbbier,
holes in pavementS are more frequent
and the parks are not 50 we'll kept. y
milch goat was brewing in the over
grown garden of what was the Ameri
ran consulate, but which low is u&eC
as ii wireless office.
Banners and signs embelliSh half 01
the great buildings, announcing that
they are used by the government, anC
all motor cars bear the soviet flag
Street cars are infrequent, but WheI
boarded are found to be in good repair
and not overcroWd2d. a> i'll IN" early
days of soviet rule. There ar" ftN
abs and few pedestrians. except il
the vicinity of Offices where tnodStuffs
are issued.
IL many ways Moscow su%g>:,..s ill.,
appearance of small French cities
slightly damaged by the war. after tIe
Germans had left and their papula
tons returned II has none Of the
characteristics of u great city, IL the
resumption of free trade has not YET
resulted in the opening of many shops
Milliners. wigmakers and corset shol,>
never cloSed-that WAS Il CONCESSION
which the soviet government made t,
the women of the city. Florist shops
ais, were maintained. Scattered iooC
shops and small restaurants are rtop
entng slowly, hut the majority of hl!:;i
ness houses still are boarded up.
There is no evidence anywhere oi
political agitation. no ~Ulaor ii sur
prising p0liti III furrieS, such as char
acferiZed the first year of the EolShe
vik regime. Youthful BolSheVi@t sol
dierS patrol the quiet streets and The
people Of Moscow laugh ut reports
from HelSingforS. Copenhagen anG
Stnckholm that famine refugees ar,
moving upon the capital and threaten
Ing the government.
Moscow has heard little as Net con
corning the proposed famine relief.
The full text of the soviet a"reemen1
with Herbert Hoover has not yet beer
printed by Russian newspapers. virtu
ally all of which are posted on deaC
wills and not circulated. Consequent
100 geaera9 public does not know al
advance part: of the American relief
administration was expected in Mo-
COW.
Leo Kamenetf. who is directing So
Wet relief negotiations with DIR. Fridt
jOf NanSen and other internationa
Red Cross officials, who arrived il
Moscow Wednesday, iS preparing tC
facilitate the movements Of the Ameri
cans, who will go to Petr0grad ans
the Volga region Immediately upon
their arrival for the purpose Of Il pre-
liminary survey
Meantime MoScoW'S seven or eight
hundred thousand Short-rationed citi
days of late summer, trying to forget
the long, cold winter near at hand
which threatens to he the worst ye
experienced.
1t is next December, January anC
February which Moscow contemplate,
with horror. Though not rich agri
culturally, the Moscow area has Euot
crops of grain, vegetables and fruit
which make the situation in the ctpi
tai good temporarily for those VIII,
have money or supplies or manufactur
ed articles to exchange. There is lit
L. - I'll,
the present supply is exhausted.