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<p>[Page 51]</p><p>temporary, in so far as the Allies would later, in the event of an overall peace, modify conditions to their liking. The upshot, in any case, is that Greater Russia is now more isolated than ever, cut off from its wheat belt, and thus no longer able to put up any resistance. The conditions in St Petersburg and Moscow are said to be indescribable. Killings are the order of the day, salary demands are going through the roof and to cover this, the Mint is busy printing roubles day and night. The inflationary effect, of course, renders the notes nearly worthless and has pushed up food prices sky-high. Cabbage costs 1s 10p an ounce, potatoes 2s 10p an ounce and Butter 28s an ounce. Thus the Bolshevik government had no choice but to submit to peace negotiations. All Russian armies were demobbed, although they had more or less been inexistent already because of all the desertions, but it seems the Russians want to leave it at that and not to sign an actual peace treaty. From the</p>