"There can be no question as to the recent remarkable improvement in Russian internal conditions. . . . The public utilities in Moscow and Leningrad are in full and effective operation; the Moscow telephone service is as good as in any city in Europe, and rather better than the service in London or Paris."
Thus spoke at Manhattan, last week, the President of the United Press Associations, Karl August Bickel, keen, versatile Scripps-Howard newspaper executive, recently returned from around-the-world journey which included Russia. Soon Mr. Bickel continued: "While I visited Moscow Foreign Minister...