“Austerity at the Kremin” : an explanation

A reader points out that a quotation under the above heading in our September issue is wrongly dated. It should have been given as “Daily Telegraph 18th August,” not 8th August. He also calls attention to what he believes to be a serious error in the quotation. The passage quoted was taken from the “Daily Telegraph” and contained the words “Twenty-six courses were served. Mountains of vegetables and fruits crowded the tables”: but this passage was entirely omitted from other copies of the “Daily Telegraph” of the same date. Why it was cut out we do not know, but perhaps our readers may guess.

ED . COMM.