Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-04
HUNGER OF PEOPLE IS CAUSE OF
RUSSIA'S REMARKABLE UPHEAVAL
Woman Resident of Petograd Says Gar is Not Prisoner and
Throws Other Light on Situation in Ewopes Newest Republic

The former car of Russia is not a
prisoner.
Beef is a minus quantity In Petro-
grad; veal and mutton are mighty
scarce. 90
They have receatly adopted the
Gregortap calendar and now reckon
time as do other nations =
Scarcity Of bread in the capital was
the one and only cause for the oust-
ing of >royalty-and bread is still hard
to get. * ..
The foregoing are some brief state
ments of a Petrograd resident who
arrived in Honolulu recentlyson her
way home to Chicago. She IL Mrs.
C. w. Cook, WHOSE husband Is part
owner of the Russian-American Fug
Co. in Petrograd.
Mrs. Cook who fs staying at the
Moana Hotel for few weeks, has
some interesting f,rst-hand informa
ton on the revolution. She Is Of
course reluctant to say much about
conditions there, as she had made
Russia her home and has learned to
love the people. She has nothing to
report that would 2iscredit them. On
the other hands her words are full Of
praise. -
Believes War will Go ON
Il can't say whether the Russian sol
diers are generally determined to
carry ON the war or not" she says,
but believe they are. During that
part OF my trip across the Russian
frontier through Siberlas on my way
hom,, I came in cantact+wtth many
soldiers. doing home on q +20-day leave,
and from my knowledge of the Rus
sian language l got pretty general
understanding of their personal feel
ings from remarks l overheard"
The visitor from the west says some
of the soldiers said they we're going
back, others declar ~ they never would
and still more professed a desire to
turn their military training and knowF
edge into brigandage to prey upon the
rich All of them, however, seemed
hopeful Of the future and there was
very little complaining. Mrs. Cook
has been in Petrograd three years.
Hunger Causes Desperation
Speaking Of the revolution itself.
Mrs Cook says the people OF Petro-
grad had little tc eat-SOme soup and
black bread-so, naturally, when they
could get no more bread they became
desT crate. Some stood in the bread
lines in the cold all day. only to re-
ceivn a half pound Of bread, and often
went away with none. There was no
wheat TO make the bread and, although
there was plenty in the surrounding
country, the trans portatiOn facilities
We're 81 disrupted that little was
brought to Petrograd Mrs. Cook be-
lieVeS that had the situation there
been relieved sooner there would have
been no revolution.
The are abou- 80 Americans and
many more English in 4Petrograd. and
when the first shooting began they
kept strictly to their own apartments
until the storm had cleared. The Am
erican embassy sent out word to come
to the consulate whenever conditions
became dangerous, but this was not
necessary. According to Mrs. Cook,
the Russians like the Americans De-
cause the Yankees keep their noses
out of the ,0cal politics and mind
their own business.
Police Remain Faithful
The people stormed the police, the
soldiers were called in from the front
to quiet the mobs, but Joined them in
stead, and the police, who stayed by