Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-12-14
PEASANTS ARE ON
BRINK OF STARVATION
Appeal to Charitable People Of
America.
TO MAKE LACE AND EMBROIDERY

tetg W Nuoets- saw "@esSa SV"''
prize 90 Per Cent Of 100000 Pee
pIs-WaUt to DspoOs Nicholas,
ST. Petersburg, Dec. 13.-Althoug1
the government Il making efforts 10 re.
Iieve the ,amine In the Ave provinces
where the crops failed last summer,
the work is JelDg greatly embarrassed
by the unsettled conditions. and al.
ready pitiful tales OF distress are pour.
ing in from remote Districts,
Peasants and thstg families are
starving, and private lrellei IL being
sent. Appeals are beihg sent out not
only through Russia, but 70 foreign
countries. The situation In the prov.
inoe OF OTel Ia very acute and the mar.
shals OF the nobility have requested
the Associated Press 70 make q pratio.
Olarly strong appeal % the Charitable
and humanity Of the Americans,
whose harveSts have been so bOuhtiful
this year. They ask THAI donations
should be sent 10 Alexander Alexan.
drovltch StakOVioh. one Of the prOmi.
nent Liberal leaders Of Elets, govern.
ment Of orloR. care Of the Northern
bank Of that place. The committee
Is arranging 70 institute dining rooms
and bakeries where the starving Mou-
jiks and their families can be fed dur.
ing the winter and also to arrange sta
tions for tho distribution Of fodder
for the horses and the cattle Of the
farmers the death Of which would be
sR untold calamity to them.
The women OF the district have been
put 70 work making lace and peasant
embroidery by the sale OF which Il Ia
hoped 70 increase toe funds at the dis
poaal Of the committee,
In orel province, especially tho fam.
ins promises 20 be much mOre severe
than that ofeiS9i. when the American
people 20 EenerOusly sent q ship load
Of wheat and corn to the starving.
While II Is impossible IN the pres
ent confusion 20 clearly Outline toe va
rious political forces which are strug
Cling for mastery In Russia. the for
esgn student Of Russian Affairs can.
With profit. bear IN mind the general
party divisions as ~ pFesent ooRstltut.
ed Perhaps first Of al IN the order Of
importance. 10 the party o. reaction,
not a. court, bat among che noble. 4
who believe in the old regime a.
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