The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-14

PTo(or Solution Seriously En-
Gigss tho Government.
MANY ARE SENT TO SIBERIA

Refugees From Poland and Other Sec
tions Estimated at 10000 o0. and Ex-
psnditures Of Central Government
Alone Exceed $500. ooo-Distribution
Through Rural Russia.
The efforts TO lind solution of the
problems connected with the great mi
grafton Of peoples incident to the Rus
sian withdraw wal from Poland and 9TH
er parts of Russian territory are seri-
Ously engaging Russian thought The
monetary cost of the vast movement
already has mounted high The i'm
perial government and the government
OF various provinces have expended
money freely to shelter and feed and
clothe the refugees, whose numbers
are estimated as high as 13.000OoO by
some
The expenditures of the central gov
eminent In this connection are already
In excess OF l3.0O0.O0O rubles tS6.50O.-
OO0). and the total cost is probably
more than 100000. 600 rubles. Besides
this sum. there must be reckoned the
huge sums involved In abandoned prop
erty and the cost to the railways. over
which free passage was given and
whose operations were for a time large.
~ confined to removal of unfortunate
victims Of the war.
Besides distributing the refugees.
mainly peasants. throughout the rural
districts of European Russia. the gov
eminent Is sending larger and larger
parties as time goes on to central Asia
and to Siberia. where it is allotting
lands to the refugees. it becoming evil
dent that the majority of men will
never return to their former homes
regardless of the issue of the war
Most of them have lost all their posses
sions except the parcels of >clothing
they were able to carry with them.
Will Never Return.
Once installed on virgin soil which
process will necessitate large advances
Of funds for farm implements. seed
and work animals, it will be virtually
impossible, il is held. to upset this ar
rangement aud return the peasants TO
their former holdings. prospect of
this sort is displeasing to many Poles.
who fear that the Polish question may
be receiving a solution far from that
which they desire Against the pros
pect of the return of many to their
former homes ii is also argued. is the
eatulRl desire ON their part to re-es-
tabli1h the domestic hearth somew here
without waiting for the end of the
war. 1t Is thought by many that only
families owning land are likely TO seek
their old homes again, and it is ques-
toned If even some of these may not
choose TO remain on their new allot-
ments. liquidating their old titles when
the war is over
Ito one section of the refugees. that
Of the Jewish race. it is thought by
many that the argument against a re
turn will particularly apply. as it is
held that their unwillingness TO &C
back to the cramped conditions of life
In the former pale of settlement vii
naturally be stronger than that among
refugees of other races.
One Of the most vital questions re
specting the refugees is the procure
ment for them of employment to pre-
vent their pauperization- Many ar,
disposed to lean on government char
ity, itf appears. and some dishearten
ment Among voluntary workers for tn,
refugees over their frequent refusal t,
accept employment when offered Is re