Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-08-09
MILLIONS IN RUSSIA
VICTIMS OF FAMINE

MILLIONS IN RUSSIA
VICTIMS or FAMINE
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ersi Strikes and uprislnSs.
Crop Failures Add TO Horrors Of Gen.
civilian 3. Curtis In chicago Rsc-
ord-Herald)
sT. PETERSBURG, July 1.-THE
douma Is only one Of the many trou-
bles OF the car. His empire ID al
ready suffering from numerous cal
antilles and Is threatened with more:
Industrial paralysis;
Financial depression;
Uprisings OF the peasants.
Mutinies in the army and navy;
Famine in five provinces. with q
population OF ~ millions Of people on
the verge Of starvation, and
Thirty-five thousand unemployed
workmcn in St Petersburg. most of
them armed. and . corresponding num-
her In other cities.
And yet Pharaoh will not let Is
real 60!
Occasionally he makes q conces-
sion, but 1t always comes too late.
Therefore 1t has no effect In quieting
public clamor and ne gets no credit.
Yesterday he sent to the douma a
fair and liberal solution OF the land
problem. Six months ago, or even
three months ago, 1t would have been
welcomed with gratitude, but now II
is rejected with contempt and dis
trust, and the peasantry throughout
the entire empire are asking their
representatives in the douma when
they may begin to pillage and destroy
the estates of the mobiles and other
rich supporters OF the car.
No army could stop such a move
ment, and the soldiers upon whom
the car relies come from the very
classes Of the community which they
will be ordered to shoot down. One
of the members OF the douma who
has Just returned from Tula prov
ince reports that the peasants In
that district have struck for three
times the wages they received last
year. and refuse to harvest the crops
unless the advance IL paid. Such q
concession would Increase the price
of grain SO to 100 per cent through
out the empire, but II the strikers In
sist upon 1t the advance will have tc
be paid OF the harvests must be
abandoned. They are very stubborn
The peasants have learned lesson
from the strikes In st. Petersburg
and Moscow last winter. and not they
alone. but all other trades, are strik
ing-even the soldiers.
The number Of unemployed In the
city Of st. Petersburg is estimated al
from $4,000 to $4,000, most Of then
operatives in manufactures which
have shut down or are running or
half time. All Russia is sufferinf
from terrible Industrial and finan
cial depression. The close of the
war caused a cessation OF government
work. and contracts for supplies tina
were being filled by private manufac
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