Moscow, Feb. 7.
The press is alarmed at the reports that the deliveries of secd-grain are falling far behind the previous estimates, According to) official data, only 27.2 per cent of the quantities required by Pebruary 20 have hitherto been delivered into the State granaries. The newspapers regard the situation as extremely critical unless the next fortnight witnesses a substantial accoloration in the deliveries.
It is understood that the party are planning to mobilize members for a great drive in the rural districts of th: country so as to hasten the gram without which the ind ive years development" scheme is jeopardised. Meanwhile: the authorities have promulgated a deeres forbidding the milling of all cereals pending the realization of the seed-grain programme—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min,
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