The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-07
THE RUSSIAN FAMINE.
| Inadequate Measures of Misunderstanding Ger
mans Attacked by Mobs of Fanatfcs

Inadequate Measures of Misunderstanding Ger
mans Attacked by Mobs of Fanatics
LONDON. Jan. Ga correspondent max
ing tour of the famine districts of Toula,
Russia. writes: "The wealthier Iand-own-
ers keep away from their estates, leaving
the entire burden of helping the shiftless
peasantry upon the poorer gentry. who are
little better off than the starving. Careful
lists that have been prepared of the stores
of each family show many instances where
a peasant with six children has only $50
pools of grain to last through the winter
There IL general fear that the famine
will recur. leaving Russia in a state of ma
tional bankruptcy. In the meantime aid
from the Zemstvoes is visionary. The
chief relief power is placed In the Red
Cross Society. At the first meeting of the
local branch of the society it was disclosed
that only the sum of clio had been sub
scribed for district having eiGhty-.hree
thousand population verging on srarva-
ton. Many million roubles have gone into
the Golfers of the central committees of the
society in st. Petersburg and Moscow, and
pended"
The pastors of a number of German COL
onies In Russia have appealed direct to the
German consulate in St. Petersburg for
assistance TO prevent thousands of Germans
from starving. 1t is said that they not only
suffer from the famine. but are exposed to
cruelties from fanatic mObs, who accuse
them of being responsible. through specu-
lating in land, for the failure of the crops
Several Germans have been killed and their
houses burned. it 10 said.
Advices received here from Cracow. Rus
sian Poland. show that reports received
there from various places along the frontier
contradict the statements which have been
made concerning the military preparations
of RUSSIA. 1t is said that the movements
of troops along the frontier have ceased.
Dispatches from Warsaw state that the
public interest in that city is centered in
the famine. Nihilietic proclamations
have been discovered among the
non-commissloned officers who were sta
toned at Radon and Lublin have been sent
to the st. Petersburg prison for circulatiD Q
nlhilIstic manifestoes. According to the
Warsaw dispatch the mortality among the
troops In the western provinces Is heavy.
The government finds difficulty in supply
ing them with an adequate quantity of
provisions.
Advices from st. Petersburg received IN
willfully blind to the situation of
affairs in bis empire or that
the true condition of the peasants
had been kept from his knowledge. Re-
Majesty has heretofore stated that no
widespread famine exists in his do
minions. ana that sufferings of the
poor are due entirely To a partial
failure Of the crops, which the government
finds no trouble In making mp from the
stocks in the provinces where the crops
were not affected. The latest instance
of his Majesty's opinion on the snb-
Ject was given at recent review
of the SemonotisKy regiment of
guards. The officers of this regiment
moved by the stories OF restitution and
distress which had reached them. started a
subscription WI ich they intended to devote
To the relief of the famiue sufferers. 1t
was necessary for them 10 get the Cars
sanction for the distribution of the money
thus raised, and the colonel of the regi-
ment. on the occasion of the review, begged
the Car to give the desired permission.
Before the colonel could finish his appeal.
however, he was interrupted by the
EAR. who angrily exclaimed: There are
"a starving people in my empire: there is
sniy some suffering due to bad harvest
he measures taken by the govern
inent will preserve them from famine.n
Cbaxrined at the abrupt refusal of the
Car, the colonel retired and reported the
result of his interview TO his fellow Ulcers
The remarks made by his Majesty have
been keenly discussed in army society.
VIII Welcome Aid from America.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 6-Goyernor Merriam yes
terday received cablegram from Charles
Emory Smith. minister to Russia. which is