Moscow, Dec. 10.
The Soviet authorities threaten '@raconie punishment for all offence against the prohibition to, cus} and market Christmas trees, marks the culminathe Government's anti-fous propaganda which, at the: present, has as its target, the Christmas festival and the customs connected therewith and which is <arried on by means of anti-religious articles in the press. Other papers, for instance, the "Pravda," lay Jess strees on the religious side but. point out that the observance of the: Christmas festival is not only ineconpatible with the five-day week but would finally jeopardize this "revolutionary achievement." Trans-Ocean Kuo Min.
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