Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-18
East GaIiCia Is
Run by Russians
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and at prices fixed ny the shop
keepers for everything they require
The municipalities cXpend large
sums TO support the needy and the
| Russian government itself contributes
/ 10 the work. There are said to be TO-
! 600 families Of former Austrian ciyiI
| servants in this city and the majority
are receiving public support through
about fifty public tea houses. The
wealthier classes fled the country be-
fore the Russians The tradesmen that
remained are doing a thriving busl-
ness. Large numbers Of peasants and
villagers from all parts Of Galicia have
drifted into the capital TO swell the
umbers Of the benefcaries of charity.
Army Wen Provisioncd.
The Russian armies are we'll pro
ylsioned and the soldiers dinner kettle
is always at the disposal Of any hungry
person.
In addition sundry philanthropic
societies have been organized in Rus
STA TO supply the material and spiritual
necessities Of the people. Count Via
dimir BObrinskN p member Of the
duma, Is the president of the best
known Of these organizations. Be
sides distributing food and clothing
and arranging for shelter, this society
Is interesting itself in the organization
of Russian schools. The government
itself has established seminaries for
the training Of teachers and many
have been sent to Russian institutions
at Kieff and Moscow
East Galicia shows fewer traces Of
military occupation than might have
been expected. The principal entry is
Brody. There one Of the leading
streets was visited by fire on the first
appearance of the Cossacks, on the
ground it is said, that a Cossack Of
ficer was killed by a woman, which
seems to have been admitted. With
this exception there is not a sign Of
destruction on the railway line to
Lemberg, and this beautiful city was
fortunately evacuated by the Aus
trians, who made their stand at
Grodek some distance westward.
The towns and villages Of the Car
pathlan slopes have suffered, of course.
as they have been fought over time
and again. In West Galica, that is
Galicia west Of Przemysl, the devasta-
tiOn has been serious, though unin-
territorial, both Russians and Aus
trians regarding the country as their
own. Some of the valleys have been
seven umeS by alternating
Russian and Austrian armies.
The land Of Galicia Is considered
only moderately fertile, but the great
est handicap TO prosperous agricul-
ture Is periodical inundation by the
mountain torrents The regulation Of
these streams would afford abundant
electric power and, with the Russian
market open to its porducts, Galicia
should make rapid strides as a man
country Hitherto it has
been separated from the remainder Of
the central European plain by an
artificial frontier and from Austria
Hungary by the Carpathian noun
tains, There are large resources, in
paphtha, ais is well known, and in
forests As to the latter, firewood for
the 500, 5000 inhabitants Of Lemberg
is hauled into the city In wagons. so
close are the virgin woods 1t is per-
haps worth while adding that the
Russian government has not seized
any of the petroleum which the Cali:
clan companies have in stock, but have
sealed their tanks and reservoirs to
prevent thefts or losses by fire.