Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-27
Petroqrad. Near
Starvation. is
City of D;spa;r

sa trt4s
Warrington, July 27.-Ths food
situation between Germany and
Russia has reached an acute
stage, according 70 aoviees re-
os'ved today at the state depart.
msat.
There 10 not enough food for both
countries and the question a. to
who will get what provisions thsrs
are has reached critical stage.
High handed methods have been
adopted by the Germans, Il wss
said. Soldisrs with thrsshins ma
chimes are sent into the grain
countries and the grain rsquisi-
toned. The Russian peasants are
allowed only such amounts a. thu
soldiers decide thsy need.
The Germans also are said to bs
requisitioning cattle and horsss in
Poland and Lithuania and TO bs
helping thsmsslvss TO timber in
those countries, without, In many
instances, even soins thru the for.
mality Of giving Z receipt.
Correspondence Associated Press.l
Petrograd, June 15.-Petrosrad is a
city Of despair and near starvation.
For many months q thFeAtening
phantom, hunger already hasssktruck
down thousands. A great maj6rity Of
the million persons now crowdSd into
the once proud capital Of Peter the
Great, know what It means to bsSwith-
out food and know that winter 10 COM
ing with probably worse in stors {.
: The people talk. dream andk when
they can-eat food. Long iinee FORM
early in the mosning before thes shops
to buy food. Thousands storm iiicom-
ing trains in Wild scramble f6e food
brought in by peasants and trSveling
soldiers. <
In front Of every shop window where
foodstuffs are displayed people stand
and gase longingly with their eyes
glued to the window panes.
Petrograd Is also q city with its
pockets full Of worthless money. Money
presses are working overtime and
wages increasing, but neither can keep
up with the rising prices. T.
The Nevsky Prospclt. "ther STREET
Of Petrograd. is picturesque evidence BIZ
the city's interest In. food. In this SEA
son OF white nights every hour Of the
twenty Of daylight ises Il lined from
one end to the other.with street vendors
selling cakes and ch0c03At1 and candies
and queer little pancakes called
''bieeneys" and ssukar n IA luinps from
cAEsftilly guarded little boxes. I.
r Persons Who formerly owned hmou-
sines and lived Ii palace like homes
along the NSysky nre selling candy and
biscuits in the streets to- earn their
living. Their customers are opulent
sailors and workmen who buy biscuits
at fabulous prices because even they,
part Of the time. can not get bread.
There Is d daily sight that always
brings hopeful smiles--tke motor lorry
loaded with flour, on Its way TO the SOL
dfers. Thefe is some flour after all, and
that Is worth a smile In Petfograd
these days. Six cnvairymen ride in
front OF the lorry and six sailors heav-
lily armed. are perched high on the
sacks.
One need not be surprised II the lady
dressed in silks and satins. once "a
member OF the bourgoise who sells a
biscuit on the corner. addresses him
In any Of the two or three foreign Ian
3 Sua6Co chc fAHOWPs, = = HSiI Oilc may Ouy
newspaper from grAybeards in frock
coats and silk hats or former army Off :
GERS in shiny boot&f pAll are trying to
earn a livelihood A the Commune" Of
Petrograd, where property is conflscat-
ed and incomes have vanished.
Some OF these living on Nevsky are
girls, pretty ones, and they walk the
long length Of the streets all day and
into the night, asking for !. the little
postage stamps that pass for money
in Russia now because they are hun
cry. And there @are other girls. and
the number grows larger every day,
who do not exactly beg ,but look visit
ful and hungry and sell themselves in
stead Of biscuits or chocolates or news
papers to the rollicking sailors and
debonair spectators.
One of the mysteries Of Russia is
where the vendors get the cakes, and
biscuits they sell. There 'is absolutely
no flour to be had. and the allotment
Of bread. which one sometimes gets.
and sometimes does not, is one half
pound daily for the proletariat and one
eighth Of pound daily for the. bour-
goise. The bread Isl black and heavy
and its ingredients can not be iden-
titled.