Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-11
General. Cry For Food

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Everywhere in ali this trip from one
end OF Russia to the other, the cry for
food ana clothing was heard. It was
heard again through the heart Of RUS
sia, where the crews Of locomotives
were clad In ragged garments, with
sandal-iike shoes braided from the
bark OF trees. .s 81 .4
ss As they stocked their engines they
begged for black bread from the little
group of foreign refugees who were
passengers on the train being sent
I fnom. Moscow to the Finnish frontier.
The appeal for the necessities OF
living Id universal from the people, ex-
cept from the extra-rationed class OF
higher military and civil government
authorities. 4.:1 i.as ~ II i5 .ss59 ~ = Is
4 & .G..5 3 I.enine suffers. ~
[ TO Nfkolai Lenina, the soviet presi-
dent himself, according to the accept
ed report in Moscow. is attributed the
statement that the Russian people can
not pass through another winter like
the last. Even now, stories are ctrcu-
lated for popular consumption that
nsnine himself is suffering for want Of
food because Of his inaistence upon
sharing the plight Of the people.
I III Attendant upon the sore plight OF
the people economically is an ever
increasing spirit Of unrest and revolt.
\ Al military organization. disciplined to
the core. .fnds growing difficulty In
carrying out orders by the mailed hst
tactics In which 1t has hitherto been
From east to west. the Bolshevik
soldiers are militarily trained thru
out, and officered the same as any oth-
er regularly organized army. Con-
trolled by the soviet military commits.
u az ~
1 to- ;hx firmly upon the people the new
social system prescribed in the sI.
preHae tlats s,Itng from Moscow .ss5ssi ,s,s
y sTS4gime Stau Rules I, e = III
~ Az the and ofs the second year thai
Il the 3p41hAyii hay ye4asslsnlesls. direGtioe
Il 81 the pfol let tarfat Russia reInains III
a the firm grasp OF this fnilitary regime
4 EIt ILL., the same force which has beaten
4 back invading foreign, armies on az
fronts, the same that has overcome al
Icounter-revo tionaryS m ovemerts.
The soviet leaders are capitalizine
i their victories to heautmo ost. They arr
4 jinstillinK into the minds Of the people
y that the red forces have defeated the
4 World DIS armies seeking to ensiaye Rus.
\ Tsia ana ret up another, form Of tsarts'
= government They are urging .upor
them that the tragic sufferings and
4 sacrifices will firmly establish national
a security and spread the cause Of socia
revolution throughout all lands III
some cases along the eastern frontier
Z lthese pleas fall upon the nnwillint
4 ed upon the former car as his little
Il father,,,' incapable iof wrongdoing, AND
who believes still that all of Russia
i troubles began with the downfall o1
4 Nicholas. sl3s AZ q ssE
In their efforts to avoid a rising tide
4 Of counter r-eentiment. the leaders have
: resorted to stringent methods. Siberia
7 the last great food reserve to be re
!: tclaimed. to. the Il Moscow power, hai
I Etured goods captured after the Kol
LIchak debexle. Supplies have beet
4 transferred to relieve Moscow even t.
4 Ethe point of placing the Siberian popu
tlatfon inaneed. f u n. 3SsS ID. y. II
The rich black soil in southern Rus
I, STA ID said this year to have produced
Il iles4 than half M q, crop because q
|dfoughts. The army is continuali!
81 draining the food stocks, while every
J placing men at all forms Of labor.
The spectacle Of stringency is com
ttplete with hundreds OF dormant fac
\ tory stocks from the small districts %
4 .lIrkutsk and Omsk through the large
u s1industeial cent ters OF the 0rals to tht
II great manufactur district Of Mos
j cow, standing a Atmpnument to an In
Il fIdustrial Setrlicture bearing All the ap
II pearancesgof having BROKEN down.
d q sas Labor EAils. .3S q ss
|. Leon totxky minister Of war, y
u addresthE the seventh convention q
It Alb lda11s. comm ssafs was quotes
|, q ~ wing xhat the Bolahevik ''wor KIM
arntesI hers ded ~ units which, woult
.Ifebuld Hui ~. Z indus rial II life, hal
& tailed ~ wkSre ifled labor WIS needed