Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-07
.,here Are No Starving People In the
Empire, lie says to an
officer.
n,suoNrsry AMONG pisTRieu-
ToRs OF FUNDS.
Peasants Flock 10 ~. Petersburg,
Having No Means Of snbslst'
enee whatever.
ny Telegraph to the NEWS,
CONDITION IN RUSSIA.
IN. People siarviuE. but the Cznr Is'
nerant oi the fatt

IhR People "tAfNfhAt ''s 's'' N-fr- -
nerani OF the fatt.
toanoS. Jan. 0.-Advices from st.
p.t.,.hurs show that the Gar a. either
xIlfully bIiud to the situation u affairs
ia, hIs ,tnplre or the true condition or
~, u..sants IL kept from him. He has
L.,.toiore stated that no Widespread
f,uIu,.xists aud that tho suffering OF
H. nor was due entirely 10 the partial
s,iI,ire Of the crops, which the govern
rn,nt ands no trouble In making up
from lhe stocks In the provinces where
m. orops were not affected. The
latest instance OF hls opinion on the
subiect was ut the recent revicw
of the LemoniIsky regiment.
The officers OF tho regiment,
moyed by the stories Of deatltution,
started subscription for the relief of
the sufferers. IL was necessary to get
Inc Cz,f's sanction fof the distribution
OF the money thus realized, md the
colonel, on tue occasion OF the review,
begged the Car togive his permission.
Bfiofe the colonel could iini6h his pp-
ned IA. WIZ interrupted by the Car,
who augrily exclaimed; "lhere afe 40
starving Icoplo IN the empire. Tholt
only suffering is due to bad harvest.
Tins niunsur.s takun by thu government
viii preserve them from faminc.n
Chngrinri ut the abrupt refusal, the
colonel retired ami reported the result
Of the interview IA his fellow officers.
The rematla made by the Car have
been kceuly discussed In army society.
There is no DOUBT that the efforts by
cpftnir government officials 10 relieve
tic distress would bo more productive
Of results were u nor for the Dishonesty
Of other officials. Immense sums
have been sent % the famine commit-
tee, but a. yet no one outside the com.
mlttee has any dcilnite knowledge OF
the benefits conferred BY the commits
tee.
A recent dI1patch from ST. Peters.
bury stated that committees OF the
Moscow Red Gross club, which has
undertaken the distribution OF private
bounty among tho ADMINISTRATION
pfovincrs, has discovered u deialcaliOn
ani0untln, TO ~, 1000 rouhles.
LARGE numbers " peasants are arriv-
ing an ST.. Petersburg. They have no
.gaus of subsistence aud many on
arrival are In starving condition.
They CONS here boycd up by the hope
that Ina this city they will be able 10
and employment. 10 is hardly neces.
fary 10 say that ihulr hopes are not
realized. 70 prevent them starving 70
death tho projects Of police are bllletlng
tie peasants on wealthy hougeholdere.
A number OF the hOuseholdtrs are
Onligrl 10 lodge aud feed ~ many ~
ten sufferers. A correspondent who
accompanied the government inspou-
tors on their rounds Ia the iamincd
districts OF Toula, writes that many
huls were packed with families,
the members Of which tried 10
keep warm by srowding together. I'm
clad women and children OF three
generations slept huddled together on
the same benches above the stoves.
The barns and outhouses were de-
1iroyod for fuel. The interiors Of tho
hnu were without light, bare Of furnl-
turo aud permealed by intolerablo
stencil. The people In must homes
have been three days without food.
In several casea unprotected children
were discovered starving, deserted by
their parents. In some Instances
boards VI food were found which would
DO sufficient for weeks. The cores
pendent adds. "5Omo peasants arc
getting q living by begging, others
hitherto self-supporting are now starv-
ing Most OF the sufferers hidc what
ever t,Oies thoy secure. The peasants
Affect the most extreme establishment
before the gentry, but really feel an
Intense hatred for ths class aud are ripe
for revolt.