Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-08-11
RUSSIANS FACE
STARvAT|ONAs
WINTER R.NEARS
Cry For Food Prevalent
From Finnish Frontier
to Pacific.
FOOD FOR RULING:
CLASSES Only
Associated Press Correspondents Com
piete. Trip Across Russia and Re-
ports Food Conditions Depcrable-
Sends Uncensored Accounts From
n Finland-RaiIroad Employees Beg
Black Bread From Refugees,
BY Associated Press.

Aug. 10.-F1ushed with SUCCESS and
confida,,+ or poIand,. d..a., .o,,i.4
usisa 1aoes tne sipptoacii'ls VIM
ter with tho grimsproblem OF food as
its supreme test Of power. From the
far east to the Finnish frontier. A.
9 600 miles. the specter OF starvation
stalks. threatening people whose
hearts, long sturdy In the struggle
for q new day" are forced to heed
thas demands Of want.
The Associated Press correspond
ert, Just arrived here, has observed
these conditions in soviet Russia and
Siberia from VladivostocK to Moscow
and Petrograd
His arrival in Finland followed de-
portation from Moscow because the
authorities had not given advance
authorization for crossing Siberia. In
Finnish surroundings he is enabled
ito aend ansuncensored account OF
sstfle straits ofFthe Russian people as
refugees made the, first trip OF
Americans across Russia in the last
two years.
Cry For Food Everyvshere.
Everywhere the cry for food and
clothing was heard. It was. voiced
by the old Russian peasant ut tho
Chinese frontier. It was heard again
thru the heart Of Russia. where the
crews OF locomotives were ,.lad in
ragged garments with saruaal-like
shoes braided from the bark of
trees A. thew stocked fheir engines.
thew begged for black bre,ul from
the little group Of foreign refugees
+ be;no sant to the Finnish frontier.
rhe apneal is universal except
from the extra rationed class Of
4 1,igb.r rni1ttarv and civ,, government
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ssa,ee. seu .Ao 80 ass anottar
- l,,.tas. ,,,.. ~ ,as+ 80 E,,a,, - =, stor.
e11 ias ~ ora rirc,,ated. for non,lar con:
s,,,,at,an .hat enine bi,,,,.n,e re.
s,,ras ~. than his a1,o+tad s,l,ara or
~ | -, ~ nread - +hrsa~aishtb., - .
naraa - as,,v
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.sau,a :. I nause ~, p,.sne so,r,+ ~
- ,,,,xa.t ard ra,,ol+ rha ,,e,,,ta Nv
oroar,vo+ +,on tsnda . grow,ng > diff,.
g e,,It,- = =, -, .,,.,..,,,,,. :. o,,+ oraar.
w. Fron =, east to west the holshey,,
soldiers ara military trafned and
4 \ y,1;t,, t,,a,, or,cera contro11a,, nv the
noiittcaI connn,ssaires tbev stand
Mares at all times to A, nnon the
neonle the new social svsten, nra-
sscrihed FROM Mo.cow Al the end oP
itba SECOND war Of bo,she1Jk ru,e
russia hemains in the Arm prasn of
this military regime.
The soviet leaders are capitalizing
( their victories to the utmost. They
are instilling into the minds Of the
people that the red forces have de-
feated the worlds armies. They are
I urging upon them that tho tragic
sunernss and sacrMces Will firmly
establish national security ard spread
the cause OF soclal revolut1on. In
{ some cases tnese pleas Iall Upon tne
g SsunWiiline ears o. the peasant pioneer,
VINO Dei.eves SIN Nnae all Russlas
troupes pesan "1th the doVnlIaH OF
Nicrelas
II eneil e.lo.s ~ av :. risins
tue u ooun.. ..sen'ilaen. 'he ieaa-
e,S iia'o isou W s'iiiiseilt meth
Jus .,. e.-,
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