White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-22


Has Flowed Through Finland to
Sweden for the Last Year-Factories
Close, Industry 10 Dying and Trans
portatIon Conditions Are Deplorabie.
Terrible conditions in regard to food
are reported by refugees from bolsane-
vik Russia arriving at the Finnish
port OF Abo. The correspondent there
OF h London Times writes that the
intermittent stream of refugees from
Russia which for the last year has
been flowing through Finland TO Stock
holm still continues-French. Belgian.
British, American, Italian. Swedish,
Swiss and Norwegian-al being com-
PEELED TO seek safety.
The sufcrings and privations which
these people have endured in Russia
are Understandable" he SAYS. They
only become fully apparent 20 them
selves On their arrival in a country
where civilized methods prevail. and
although in Finland food conditions
are considered most serious, the refu-
gees look upon ii as o land flowing
with milk and honey.
AT first. on seeing the condition of
these people, one wonders why they
remained so long in Russia. but, as In
the majority of cases. leaving Russia
meant leaving homo and the results of
the work Of a lifetime, they clung on
in the hopes that things would urn
for the better. while in many cases
they were prevented from leaving by
the b~0lsheyists until they were able
to procure a doctors certificate stat
ing that they were physically unfit.
Russian Money Worth Less.
On arrival in Finland these people
suddenly find themselves as good as
paupers, as the Russian money they
have with them is practically ~valueless
and can be seldom changed to Finnish
marks. and then only at ruinous rates.
Thus the various consulates have a
considerable amount of work thrown
on their hands In repatriating these
people.
II car personally certify 10 the
gratitude displayed by the refugees
for the slightest help. and In many
cases they are people of q position
capable of paying their own expenses
ms oon as they can telegraph for sup
plies from England.
According TO the refugees. the con.
dition Of Russia defies description. Al
Petrograd the streets are deserted and
food is unobtainable. Dogs and cats
are being devonred. while wooden
houses are being demolished TO pro
vide fuel, as also wooden fittings and
furniture from houses whose owners
have left.
in consequence of the nationalist
ton of the factories and The Subse-
quent inability of the bolshevists TO
manage them, industry is dying. The
factories continue working until avail
able stocks of raw material are used
up, and then. much against the will of
the workmen, are closed down. In
P~etrograd alone during the last month
81 factories were brought 10 a stand.
still and about 90 per cent of the
workmen have already left the town
this despite the fact that wages have
advanced some ten times.
Transport conditions are deplora-
bic, and through the absence of capa-
bic technical assistance no repairs to
locomotives and rolling stock are car
ried out.
Grain Harvest Ample.
while Moscow and Petroerad are
starving. the grain haryests of 1915 In
the Ural. Tambof. Penza and Sara
toff governments are stored. and In
such quantities that practically the
whole Of bolshevist Russia could be
fed and sufficient left oyer for export
"a member of the Society of Friends
war victims relief committee stated
that the bolsheviki were doing their
best FOR the children. and that -four
relief colonies had been established at
Tamboff. This II said to be done with
the object Of imprinting on the minds
Of the growing generation that they
at least were looked after during the
reign OF the bolsheviki. Children are
allowed TO take part In the manage
ment Of the schools. with results best
left TO the Imagination.
1.-THE educated classes are slowly be-
ing exterminated, and without their
help the future reorganization and ad-
ministration of the country will prove
enormously difficult.
1.-The Germans are fully aware of
the possibilities In Russif, and as every
Russian with any pretense OF education
speaks either German or French the
Germans have a great advantage over
the British, and will not be slow TO
reap the benefit. Many Austrlans are
becoming Russian subjects, as are, II
In stated, also Germans, In order TO be
prepared for the competition for Rus
sian trade which Is bound to come.
The Norwegians, too. are planning and
preparing for the future. while he
Syedes are not far behind