New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-18
RUSSIAN EMIGRANTS TO SIBERIA.
From The London Globe.

From The London GloOc.
The most earnest wish OF every peasant In ne
unfertile regions OF North Russia Is that he could
disturbances himself Of tho land which serves FOR
present desire of the peasant in the fertile districts
Of the South is 10 get more land and yet more anS
to cultivate Russian peasants have not enough
mental initiative to think individuality they mink
in Hen ponrng out 1ma from their to
places where they have heard that land Is 10 ~
INTO Siberia is getting quite formidable; By
the end Of June # is calculated tha, 1850 odd
way io set p up III" in Asatc Russia In some cases
whole villages have been depopulated: the villa, village
elder or tax-coectOr, perhaps remains from
sense Of duty, looking aghast at the great com
munal field which remains for him to till and won
dering how on earth he is going to pay the village
taxes. which will in due cours" De demanded Vi
him. population or no popuia ton ,,oosa,, into
Siberia is that the Siberian Railway has been un-
s sGe 30 rhe emrrant trac has become
Tchelyabnsk just over me RAJ rang; an" VA
great camp BY the middle of May there were
already l3Oob cmigrants there without any roofs
they slept under the open sky and fed upon what
should find means 10 carry them on their journey
' ronmission WAS appointed in ST. Petersburg to
consider the question. and 1t soon decided TO stop
the stream Of at or 20 cod and hunger
az 'Tchevahinyk they turned out at towns
where there we're barracks and arrangements for
provisioning masses Of men. This mas had = as
coYraging eject upon the emigration movement.
he ueasantrv; II was said that emigration was
nrnhihit.d bv the Government. that the peasants
were berg sent home 10 their deserted villages
IRON, Siberia and that the trains were no longer
running on the Siberian Railway.
siberia does not sound cheerful or inviting place
10 Englishmen. but. In spite OF unpleasant ass1,ia
lions II attracts the Russian peasant by the mn
ness OF lis population and the consequent album
dance OF good land Many OF the emgrants have;
hnwcvcr already returned dislusioned. The chlci
COMPLAINT OF those who have wintered there Is or
Inc bitter cold which keeps them from wood cutine
and quch occupations in the winter tim" ana -
besides n personal discomfort and danger; Tor IN
Siberia tho thermometer desccnds TO depths un-
known to European Russia. ~ degrees below zero
Fahrenheit and the like. Another complaint. as 10
The bread. seems comparatively petty but Is
grave one from the point Of view OF q peasant VINO
silbssfs almost entirely on that diet when u
wife hakcs rvo-bread In Russia. says one peasant
"you may smell il an over the village, and one
nouth waters: but the Siberian brcad-i has n"
smell and no taste. and does not provoke man 10
eat" a., .. ...-.u,o,,
intends TO give up using Siberia place OF Grim
NAL deportation II is thought That tusslti
prisons the Northern provinces and Saghallei VIII
Serve all the penal purposes OF the Russian authorl-
,ics This IS bad news for the criminal classes Tor
IT, means aboshing tho lightest OF all the punish
,nents I'm use namely, simple exile TO the healthy
climate of Siberia. Saghaen and Archang"i are
moi places a man would willingly choose Tor MS
dwelling place.