New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-03
STARVATTON IN INDIA.
ENGLISH APATHY CONTRASTED WITH
RUSSIAN GENEROSITY.
LITTLE DONE by TIE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT
TO CHECK FAMINE. WHILE RELIEF MEAS
UREs ARE SET on FOOT
BY THE CAR.

UREs ARE SET on FOOT
By THE CAR.
London. Jan. 1.-The letter from ex-Judse Gooo-
ridge published last week In THE Englishman. OF
Calcutta pointing out that the means adopted by
the Government OF India to check the famihe III
that country were entirely inadequate, and deciar-
ing that thousands Of persons dying from star
vation calls attention to the general apathy on the
subject thus far displayed In England The queen
some time ago sent telegram to the Niceroy Vi
India expressing sympathy for the sufferers anu
promising assistance but thus far nothing OF con-
sequence has been done by the Imperial Govern
ment TO avert the effects OF OF the greatest ca
lamities which have ever threatened lndia. Coni
On risons are made In the matter between the atu-
tudc of Great Britain and Russia which do not re-
dound greatly to the credit OF this country IL IL
known that the Car has several times expressed
himself as being deeply concerned In the outcome
of the famine and his interest has taken practi-
cal turn which will undoubtedly result In some al
deviation OF the widespread distress In the lndiah
Empire Of Great Britain. One OF the means adopt
ed by the Car to secure aid for the sufferers was
n concert which produced large sum OF money.
All the singers who appeared volunteered Their ser
vices and the receipts were entirely devoted 10 III"
fund for the victims As the affair was under the
direct patronage OF the Car and Czarlna almost
the entire Court was present. were also all the
newspapers OF Moscow and st. Petersburg continue
to make earnes. appeals for help for the famine
sufferers Steps are being taken In other directions
to I'D the victims.
In Soma English quarters the opirion Is expressed
that this generous action OF the Russians Is only
a mask hiding some deep-laid political scheme
In Wing for its object the raising OF dsaection In
India against British rule. Some Of the Tory pa
pcrs express their approval of declarations which
have appeared in certain Indian papers 10 the
effect tina. aid from such source should not De
accepted. But they do not urge the Government
10 extcrd aid to the sufferers. and in the mean
time thousands of the natives dying. There Is
no question In the minds OF those VINO arc not
blinded By hatred Of Russia that the Russian
movement had its origin entirely In charitable mo-
tivos and that It intended as a response TO
tie foreign aid given at the time OF the great
Russian famine some five years ago. The Russian
newspapers point out in their appeals for sub
scrptions that. had It not been for the aid e*-
tended to the Russian sufferers by Great Britain
and the United States the death-roll would have
been much argcr than It actually was. Quantities
OF grain have been purchased with the money
raised by public in a. ard
the grain to India free of cost.
The opinion is gaining ground that the indian
and that unless imperial aid is extended the famine
will prove one OF the most caamitous vsitauohs
OF the kind ever known In India -
Advlces received here from Bombay show that
the plague which is supposed to have been I'M
ragged with grca, Violence about year ago. is
rapidly extending among the natives who thus
Of the re sdents have fed from the city but this
exodus is more than counsrbalanced by ire ns
who are porring into the city In the hope Of OBJ
iaining work, at least finding among the char
Weakened by want Of food quickly fa victims to
the disease which thus far has baed the ehorts
condition OF the native quarters also tends to the