The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-07

interrupted By the czar. who angriIy
s1oiaiinea; There are no starving raople
"a the empire. Their only suffering IS due
- 1ne osa harvest. The measures taken hy the
government viii preserve them from fam ne. =
80 4nsd al The abrupt refusal the colonel re-
tired ana reported the result Of the ;ntervi,u IN
his fellow officers ~
Inc remarks made BY the car have been
AeenIy discussed in army circles There is no
ooHot tnas tire efforts OF certain government
oHiclais 10 relieve the distress would be
.Ho.s productive of results were il not
-. 'he oisnonesty of other officials. Immense
sums nave been sent to the famine committee.
but as get no one outside OF the committee has
any oennite knowledge OF the benefits cen.
ierred by the committee
dispatch from ST Pe;erburg stated that the
committee OF the Moscow Red Cross CLUB which
las undertaken the distribution Of pri-
s"ue county among the famine stricken
provinces, has discovered GefaIcations
amounting TO 10000 rouhIes large
nuhioer OF peasants are arriving at Fl. Peters
Dufg They have no means OF subsistence AID
-ahy are arriving in a starving condition.
ihey come onoyed up by the hope that in this
city they VIII be able 10 find work Il is
-4idiy necessary TO say that their hopes
az no' reatlzsd. To prevent them from starry
ing 70 DEATH the prefecture OF police is bilieting
peasants on wealthy householders number
u househoiders are obliged 10 lodge and feed
as many as ten sufferers. The
correspondent who accompanied the gov
eihment inspector on his rounds in the famine
districts OF Teula writes that many huts
were found packed with families, the
members OF which tried to keep warm
Dy crowding together. Unclad women
ana children OF three generations slept
huddled together on the same benches above
stoves. Barns and outhouses were DESTROYED
LOT fuel The interior OF the huts
were without light, bare of furni-
tnre and permeated by an intolerable
stencil. The people in most homes have been
three days without food. in several cases IN
protected children were discovered starving.
having been deserted by their parents In some
instances boards OF food we're found which
would be sufficient for weeks. The
correspondent adds: Some OF the peasants
accustomed to get living by begging from
others hitherto self-supportng aronot starving
MOST oil the sufferers hide whatever stores they
secure. Peasants affect the most extreme self
aoasement before the gentry, but really feel en-
intense hatred tor that class and are ripe tor re-
volt.
ST PAUL, Jan Ex-Governor Merriam has re-
celyed a cablegram from Charles Emory Smith,
minister to Russia. which il suite lent to show
That there is widespread suffering in Russia.
Minister Smith states that the proposed con-
tribution will be accepted with grateful appre-
citation
BERLIN, Jan. 6.-The pastors of a number of
German colonies in Russia have appealed direct
To the German consulate in St Petersburg for
assistance to prevent thousands OF Germans from
starving. 1t is said they not only suffer from
famine, but are exposed to cruelties from
fanatcai mob who accuse them OF being re-
sponsible for the failure of crops Several
Germans were killed and their houses burned,
it is said