The Washington correspondent of the Times says that it is
a common belief in the United States that the Soviet is trying to " demoralize grain prices." In judging of the reasonableness of this belief it must be remembered that Government officials in the United States are naturally tempted to make the most of every explanation of their own agricultural depression. It seems that altogether more than two hundred and twenty ships have been chartered by the Soviet since August for exporting grain and wood. There is something humiliating in that thought that when several populations arc not far from starvation, politicians should feel com- pelled to complain of the cheapness of corn—as though an outrage against humanity had been committed ! It is almost as though the Israelites in their wanderings had complained that the manna was dumped.
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