New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-10
THE SUFFERING n RUSSIA.
PEOPLE BECOMING LIKE WILD BEASTS TllEOtGh
PRVATIONS-NO SEED GRAIN.

PEOPLE BECOMING LIKE WILD BthSI> IH!ON'h
PRIvAIIoNs-NO SEED GRAIN.
London. March 0.--Thc special correspondent OF
Reuters Telegram Company visiting the famine
stricken lplrtions o. Russia writes from Sa1toh on
February % as follows NOtwih standing the honesty
Of the colonists the Volea crimes of violence are
becoming common, and several cerSymco lhl"ih'"
me that burelarious attempts upon their own h"h'cN
are of frequent occurrence. one clergyman warned
me solcmny against driving a. night. ! had JUST rIo
den sixty miles in my slcdgc. The NOlca iiseI !,
dangerous highway at night Even the large caravans
Of merchandise which travel along it, rpur-e are ac
companied by escorts Of armed men. The famine iaN
the people desperate and though they are not {"
a very bloodthirsty disposition, they will often murder
for the sake OF few r0ubcs. on the sanhIa SIDE "i
the Noga the condition Of the Geopc is Worse ana more
hopeless thar on the sarator side. There they have
no weaving industries OF any kind. and are Simply
lying Al the beginning of the present
wear about third of the total number of families
had absolutely no fuel and an equal proportion h'u
hardly any clothing, their only protection from ihe
cold being few miserable rags. Al present some
1850 persons this village are dependent for
their subsistence upon the relief they receive from te
ZemstvO.
With regard to the prospects OF next harvest ueN
are blacker than ever, as may he seen from ihe
slender stock of grain that has been ana Is avail
able for seed some 1861 dcssiatincs of grain
growing land in English measurement over 1o"o'
muSt In this single district OF ' INV"
during the pres .nt year lack of seed. The caica
ton if extended even in greatly modified FORM Il"
the famine stricken districts, generally Yields lc'n Il
which are positively appalling.
MANY of the cOlonists, 10 save fuel. have dnS
for themselves holes in the ground. and ihcr con
structed subterranean shelters, in which they burpw
like foxes In some Of the village, they are eating
bread made from wild hemp and even the carca>sc> e."
the horses that have died. The hardshlo ana pTiNa
tions and subterranean life of these unhappy people
are rapidly turning them into wild beasts tnl\ th'
otler day man hanged hi, daughter. a chlld ol
ten BY the neck because she had not succeeded In Gc
ting him any food 10y hegginr Another ca" Wi~
related of uld man wh" came trembling u"
the cIergyman's Kitchen and begged pitcou-ly fr some
bread for his little chhiIcn. loaf Wa given MN
and at the sight it his eye gli,t"ncd be- seized u
wildly tore it up ravenously and commenced dc'"nr
Ing il: then suddcuy remembered m> starving chl
drn. uttered piercing shrek. fell down In hi and
died.
The Germans manage Ia get sOmc nou1-lmcnl oil
n n kind Of tea made from The Wild gras, OF the
steppes and mixed with spanish icorcr. Tn many
villages this j. all they have 10 live upon rom hN
personal Ob,crya ion, have come t. the CONCLUSION Tat
the only to rescue the German cpOn-t from th"n
pre~cr. hopeless position Is to assist them 10 cniI
vr,fp