The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-01
Russian Middle Glasses
Welcome Intervention
Even By the Germans

VnI.OGDA. RUSSIA April l5.--W'"r-
r">n"nI,nr' "f I'll" Associated nr"SS
Ii! lh. rmtcu;" allies Will hot !nt"r-
v"n". let tn" Germans como" is tnn az
;i;uG" II III" Formerly wealthy and
truldlr Glasses "f Ih.' p""pl" of lNssia,
Most Of ;hcm her" would frankly VOL
come foreign !nt"rI"ntl"n.
This f"nlnc has been nc greatest
nhs,ari" in ANY attempt {" bring Ih''
Russian internal political revolution
nut Of tn" whirlpool Of disorder. ac-
r"rdInE IL information in tn" foreign
embassies here.
Now that the peasants and w"rkm"n
mr." having th"ir innings. Tho property
classes arr beginning 20 feel IN" pinch
q; d"uial and oven of starvation. "x-
p"rr"n"od by III" poorer classes III Rus
N!a fur centuries. This is illustrated by
tn" experience Of tho "bourG"nis' fam
ny in whose homo tho Associated lrcSs
cores p"nh"n, lives 40 paying guest.
This family. once ono Of tho wealth.
Jest in tho Nolocda government, owned
thousands Of acres Of timber land. SOY
"ral lumber mills 4 dozen ships. W."
glass rartnr!"S am! NOR" than :."'"
arr"S re land.
This j., what has happened :" those
holdings in tn" past tw" months:
Tn" lumber land has ho"n declared 4
government monopoly and c"nIiscatNh'
likewise tho $h,rrrn- TIL" glass '"'-
tories and lumber ~ntlls ha'" ncHn
taken over and are operated ny 'h''
workn"n. Tn" peasants hay" taken ln'
land.
row days aGn tn" city government
,Srv:r;I imposed = ~r"''lal tax ~ 'n"
rnrltaIiSti, class. Tn" famI: waS as
Sc>S"d 5o.nnn rWhl"s.
I.ric.s for fnoGslnff$. when OBTAIN
ahlc are enormous. even wh"n hH"l'"
-, tbo orcscn, rat. ~ international on
rhang"-wh!"h th"$" Russians d"n.' t'''
because their money j. old money. IN
vested or mad" whom tn" "X"hanE" "aS
twr ruhlrs tu tn" dollar. compared with
n1,1 Standards rr prices III Russia. wh"r"
living WIS cheap ia" N0''"S ''""
almost unbelievable.
White flour rnuu"' L. bought. "N''l'
N, stealth and in III 'in'"st G"rn'T'"S'
Th., black flnur whl'h all u~'' no"
,r,krs 1l,,. hlarl;,.S' "f i'r':i. tn" poor
,,, n,,snufS Formerly 1t" S''iH"'N'hE
similar rh.. ""s, &c lhiS Hour l"r''
l.. ,v;,S ;h- equivalent "f about - 0'"'H
per pcoh SO p"unds'. ...,
\, present III N"l"rdA. each t"r>'"
=. allowed fly" r"Un:> "f ms hour u
,ronih. enough. :" p"rE"' hh''"t .'"'''
+,,.n slices ~ bread pr day. tHi "h'''
I'D. nrorIrnhI" thrnuGh lrr"gHlar 'hA"-
mol. Thu correspondents h"'i "'"t",
g, mood Yesterday f"r. I'm ruh'"s. !"N'
roo. tines ,h' old price.
There is nothing else Tu'!" "a ''t
a. his hut. with meat, butter A"d '''
,:h.r rnrds:uffS IA" prices ar ',','"
ron 20 fr'y r,r"s TT" old amount. - :
.rvtiiuu - by card. rhai - H"r'n'
,r.. limited nnd ,.!iv 'S"Ni"li ""h'E"ii"'
i.uf Il - quite possible. u "h" h'S
cnou,,h money. !" s"Cur" larger guam
titles by stealth.
I;,u the Snvist has nut" An "'i"'''N"
u.,, Of controlling This uhh"rhal'''"
,r,,1inr--thc "nhusk" 'hluSk IN nus
clan Cor search \ dozen ar :" hr0''"
srId,cre ard Pod Guard sw""p gown
now md ,h"n on IN" nous" IN"
-rsnnrdcnt occupies and c"ni!soai"S Wv"
surplus supplies.
when tn those dirncul,icS ar" aon'"
,.rfsr,,ion II hank n''"unis 81 ~"
wealthy ramil!rS 'h"ir plight ran ~"
imagined.