The Rice belt journal., 1907-04-26

make thpir CrOnS rrou, +ha noct eaacon
their onlv hones of enstanance wa,
gone.
Last yeAr ir noro tbor I 5O0 nm,
square milSs oF Ruesia, te,ritorv tbers
was sowing but No roaming Tho peaa
ants hopefAuy put their little store 0,
seed grain into tbo Ground Whom III,
arid land failed to return cron nd
only were thov rohhod of tho fr,ito "A
their toll hrt tbeir oood croin iteaI.
which might have served as food. wa,
gone. There was nowhere 70 turn 70,
work or spccor Vundrnds Of mile,
away there were citins 'hut the feN
daring ones who reached them son,
back the hc3eless words. "No work.
who,as,I. "c..t.;y
III 1871, "hen the famine killed hun
ureuS' 'he Russian government hi
upon Tue eNpedleht or iorbidding the
"oIu munger Dut the famine OF the
present Is SO much greater that tht
government is fully alive to 1t. Be
SideS haVing appropriated $35,000,00t
ALREADY, 1t Is now negotiating loan
! or $3IOOO,OOO more for famine relief
but even thls sum Is totally inadequate
W Tue "ork IN hand' especially as han
VI Tue money VIII line the pockets o,
oinciai srdllefs 10 "hom the deaths OF
'uouSaluS VI poor peasants is mercy
dn unfortunate incident In their own
sio'' CUT W WEALTH.
AT present the relief work In Russia
consists OF DOING out pound OF bread
day 10 sufferers The aged and
minors get nothing.
some FAMILIES or hVe or six have
perhaps TWO VINO draw bread. Othei
families nave none. II two OF fam
lily Oh Six draw bread and divide II
equally It means that each member
roo,,,or dict 80 pro.;o. 80. a.
five pounds of bread daily. Thus the
most fortunate are now existing upon
one-ffteenth of thei' regular fare, or
to an American who has three square
meals a day, two meals in three
weeks.
The very seeds Of the weeds haVs
been eaten and the ground has beer
stripped of every green thing. The lit
tie horses have all been sold or eaten
and the occasional COWS. too. Nothing
remains put the hope OF relief from
the outside. There Is no wood fol
fires and many families have joinet
together IN one house for warmth
tearing the other, dwellings down 10,
fuel.
1t Is estimated that In the provinc'
OF Samara alone there Will be 2OO,0O'
deaths in total population OF 5000
OOO' and others OF the Il provinces al
lected Will nave ike averages.
!. Seek Aid of the World.
n
De'0. n'ueu eno' 70 o'o Nv" .e.u'
\ nA"ue ~ ems. 'no ssnpa'n' "a III
= "o1'u WIN 'n0 '"nei' 'ns, isno' oil
peasants, anu iso'ties na,e oe..
sen' " 'nis "iu o'nef 'oun't'es' ~
oniSAon' "no 10 III America " en''s
i aiu' saSs 'na. 20 W." su'. 'n' NC y
a an auui' anu 'n"' ~ VIII Aeep d GILL
|. iiolh oyihs'
s ne 'inniiei ANS " oos'on ,ioili nu'
4 SiH "ie n0'.i' peop,9 iionl ,no paio
d "nu 'ney az eu 0el"' "eS
|, !e"i w n0'p 'nei' po''e"u'eu .'iehu
Q ahu te'e'''ea a. i0'ue es'.n"'e
:. .n"' ueiesa.es oon iIoln Nus',a 'ooA ~
y ieS' 'n"i, %''ovO ou' u Do''on i"S
n se"t " n0lp .ne Ino 80 noo "a pei'eo'
'ioh' anu p'vD"'i' S',o'' mno "a
J. een' ".i'0' 'uo 'oa W inui'iuu"t'
n el'nei " Ieiievo 'uno'ins VI W ne'
d 'noin w en'ie "'o'
j 40 'ne nuSsian jews III Ihis Guy III
famine ttaeeay ho" epaceihs Is III
O climax ol misery long dra"n OUT Inc
e Will 40 "hat they can' out as one
l. the men at the CIVIC service house o
d Salem street SAID the other day