Land and her committee of patriotic Moscow women took genuine pleasure in serving. It is the general testimonial that a barbecue was never better served, and it is the testimonial of the ladies that they never saw a finer crowd. Good humor and the best of feeling prevailed throughout.

There was not an unpleasant incident at any time during the day. The boys' foot races, the free picture show, the band concert in the evening and the enjoyable pavement dance completed the day. It is impossible to estimate the crowd, said to be one of the largest Moscow has ever seen, and the day one of the most enjoyable.

It is feared that the guards say the conditions are ripe for an outbreak. It is learned that the workers in the flax plant staged a hunger strike which lasted for one day. The prison discipline has been increased.

WASHINGTON The Russian embassy statement foreshadows the rejection by Russia of the pope's peace proposal. Russia to Stand Fat. 