The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-02
RTSSIA'S AWFUL MISERY
-v NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH
ONT FOOD OVER 100000.

C,I8 ofthe Winter Also Intense-The
Need Of Aid.
WASHINGTON, Feb. LIN response to
...,v sympathetic inquiries and protfers Of
li'l1 lI .ocaived from friends in the United
s..,.. the department Of state has received
49,, Minister Smith at st. Petersburg an
i1,arastinQ report of the actual condition Of
...strcken districts of Russia, prepared
,-.rD the evidence OF eye-wltnesses and
r,,st trustworthy sources. of which the fol-
,-.-rg is an epitome: The territory afflicted
- .bs drought comprises thirteen provinces
y Trroneau Russia where the famine is
Ool,aral "a viz: Kazan, Niji-NOvgorod. Oren-
80 Oufa, PensB. Raizan, Samara.
Sarsstof. Simbirss, Toula. Tamboff, VIatka
o1d Voronege In five other provinces the
Ss,,ine prevails in part, viz Kursk, Olent2.
0-sI Perm and Tauride. One or two 9TH
ers. ike Karkov. have suffered to some ex-
.aDt bnt are not included in the official re-
port,
TIER AREA SHOWN BY COMPARISON.
Tba fist thirteen provinces in area are
orsthird greater than all Germany. They
ever On area equal to the states OF Maine,
Now Hampshire, Vermont. Massachusetts,,
Jsrsey. Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Trrgins. West Virginia, North Carolina.
Sonih Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky, all
totether. The population is aoout equal, or
S70MOOQ The five other provinces above
named If included in the compare
son. would equal the combined area
of Indiana. Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Minnesota. Illinois. North and South
Dakota Nebraska. Kansas aud half OF
Ohio. The total population of these last FIVE
rrovinces is nearly double that of the
eleven states last named. This vast section
is agricultural, and the richest and ordi-
nsrily the most fruitful soil of Russia. The
destltutionis not universal, as there are
those whose accumulations have
ayrd them from want, and there are
some spots preserved from blight by irriga-
cation where a good harvest was reaped,
but at the best estimate the proper ito II of
suffering Is enormous
100000 IN NEED.
An official estimate of the number of those
without food or means OF support who re-
uuire aid Is given as IA 100000 persons, and
this is probably below the true number.
For three years the crops have fallen short
Of the average and the deficiency of the
past season left the store houses we'll nigh
empty, and through the increased failure of
this year it is evident. Minister Smith adds
positively, that unless adequate relief
can be supplied the great present destitu-
ton aud suffering will grow worse as the
season continues. The greater portion of
the pessantry is not provldent. The peas
ants make no savings generally, but live
wholly dependent upon yearly crops, hence
aloDgGontinued aud widespread drought
leaves them subject to outside relief. The
n &c ~ tbcf y vY1Is
OF this peope. The crops are the founda-
Ton OF their whole economic structure.
When their crops fail, various
evils follow. The government loses the
revenue and the peasants LACK all the neces-
sarles Of lie. Clothing, fire = ood, farming
implements, subsistence of horses and cat
tle,all depend on this one source-the crops.
lakes and rental continue, and it is as dilfi-
cult to get fuel as food in some sections.
SUFFERING NROM COLD.
Gold as well as hunger causes terrible
suffering. In some neighborhoods large
lumbe" Of persons huddle together in some
houses most conducive to warmth. Barns
ss'e oeen torn down and the boards used
NnFeWood, even thatched roofs are torn off
elI straw made to feed the dying embers;
uo.alng Is given away for bread horsss
auu cattle are sacrificed at 1.-THE of their
a.u9' Iodder Is as scarce ashuman food and
~ some cases horse flesh has been sacrificed
.o' suSienance During the winter there is
w "orE and frequently fathers have left
'asI wives and children TO fight the battle
VI "ant alone because they could do moth
us' anu t1elr absence would leave fewer
'uS rl.u'uS TO iced at home. The bread which
soaLJ aLJ are eating 10 composed of wild ar
.; oOA; potatoes, chaff and leaves, and these
s' @,,iog conditions inevitably produce dis
e e' Within radius of one mile,
tuole Is l2O cases Of typhus fever. Pesti-
nrS ,lSe @ auu munger are daily gaining ground
H. peSuience is discriminating the people.
nn nsu January, February and March,
sbonig igals VIII he good and ali energies
nto a-'t ~ 10 directed to pouring provisions
s," ~" OIe suffering provinces. The rivers
@ afe frozen. Two or three railroads rnn
aro ,ue Iamine-stricken region but there
NO. Nv branches Of these railroads and all
5i,SlOns 5is.,SlOns must be carried for a long
tos t,IaIe to oo on sledges. The problem is
mo,tS. w. carry enough during the next three
but bsLS' si,H hot .o only for the immediate use,
neT, +,u bo. " tlde over the period until the
bei Uai Ini vest shall be realized, which should
fr,,. SSuy' In the middle of March. or
roads r-abPt aPTil, winter will break up, and the
horsas "tn nd become heavy or difficult. The
wifi LOW uo% available for transportation
1eu LOT spring farming.
r. ilAE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.
vors .sl9 ~, ~ "a. most important factor in the
hn5rots IeleT, every week is vital. One
ars oa naoa.aL anu eighty millions pounds Of food
rys roe.,agy' avos,' Fifty carloads should ar
but orly s,y uay IN these stricken provinces,
Christmas os e'even cars per day were received
tss nor boor week The emergency pending
The snscto. V1eu realized, unfortunately, but
sVerytbno VI famine has overshadowed
Ersjned u, and every energy must be
rbs r'ieu iS, to mitigate the calamity
Nesent pei!al government has Up to the
Nubles a 10 @'le ne appropriated IS 900, 900
NY for t5o ',ooO % ,OOOD from the public treas
must stiT T'o work Of relief. But the work
snOun, tc1 ~ On, and the expenditure must
aan emnoe much higher sum. The Russ
nousy ayr prI mas personally given enor-
hg tbsinI thai all classes are giving accord
Nelt reDos 5,.s means. The loss to the govern
oubIes eboi'. b,ue "lIl be at least 100000, 900
lcolseryat;iuuoe " SICO O,OOO,000) or more, while
a in ;oe v estimate Of the loss to Rus
epaced At pw n". OF all the consequences
eo@ 500 0dN NO. 6des less than 100000, 600 rou~
We're have Up to, the present time
arad brt oeen few contributions from
Rpssioo ouv tne government and the peoDle
Aoeous Off,, aie deeply sensible of the sDon-
nA Darts - mat have been made in var
soDsrors~ 1.-THE y; the United States, and the
Sa1itesssd minister as we'll as others have
Vst eSnra..IS as much TO Minister Smith in
o'''ons Of appreciation.
L0yDo FLocKtNG TO sAMARA.
tsatlarSss,r r, rep Russian advices show
daily ar7ivI1m sS Plumbers of starving peasants @ ~ are
ss.s'ernment cf ~ !. .oamara, the capital of the
ol0ipbepbC; ot that name, a CITY of about
"&k Or proc,SLtS, p,.antS, They are unable to find
ssrs being yIooGre moGr food and many of them
S5upger. Robbo RIJe desperate by the pangs OF