Evening journal., 1920-06-22
No ROADS TO
/ HAUL RED GRAIN
lean Days Face Europe as
Hopelessness of Situa-
tion is Realized
RAILWAY CARS
8 ALSO INSUFFICIENT
BY CHARLES MccANN

7uniied Press stan Correspondens)
3 LONDON, June ; fBy Mail)-'Take
avery railroad engine in Europe TO
Russia and IL will siill take you two
years to build up that counirys trans
f0rtati0n system 10 normal
This was the startling statement
made by one OF the foreign Onlce eX-
]erts on the Russian trade situation,
and was advanced as an argument
AGAINST those who talk opiimsiically
pf getting vast supplies OF grain and
toodstuffs out Of Russia In a day
u Russia's transportation system -
8sn't. 10 simply doesn't eXist-as
TRANSPORTATION systems are conceived
H. countries like the United States and
Ireat Britain. officials well Informed
Heclare Reliable Information cleaned
by the British intelligence department
Shows that only six out Of every hun
Nrod engines in Russia were In work
Ing order early IN 1920 And OF these
six. the majority operated on wood
md other inferior fuel.
Is Furthermore. whenever an engine
broke down. the worn parts We're re-
placed from another engine. thereby
rendering that engine doubly inca
Daciiated and Immensely harder 10
hepair when materials finally became
q Railway cars and freight cars also
hre insufficient and In bad repair.
Hundreds OF thousands OF worn-oui
Mheels which only need retiring are
oiled at the railway terminals, inc
hlrbrake system doesn't exist ne
cause only a few cars in a tram nave
NalVes which are In working condi-
zion Naturally speed In transporla-
Mon Is obtained only at the sacrifice
of safety
4 Another diflculty which Russia will
have 10 overcome before her immense
Transportation system can be fe-es-
1ablished is the training and recruit
Ing on a large force OF railway em-
Inloves who have the interest OF The
roads at heart Since the war, IN.
bersonnel OF the railways, never muei
"a speak OF has deteriOriAted rapidly
Thousands Of .he best mcchanicl
have been Killed, died OF disease OF
aeft the country. other thousand'
have gone into other industries OF
feased work altogether for the more
lucrative vocation OF being a member
The vii 10 work. investigators re-
aport, is conspicuously absent amonl
fthe former laborers Their limited
eIasle OF a Communist Utopia ha
tf1ierely served 10 whet their appetite
xfrr more leisure. Lenin, Irotsk'
sand Company have al last realized th
Boomerang effect OF certain Of thei
-docirines and have taken decisiv
steps 10 remedy the situation.
The industrial army was thei
reply. What its success might hav
ibeen no one ventures an opinion
Unfortunately the Polish QnensiV
forced their immediate re-transfel
4ence into fighting units again.
That Great Britain, Italy and eve
France are very desirous or openin
zup trade with Russia Is unquestlor
I'd. Europe 40 large dcsp raie
needs grain and foodsiuns. Whei
n confes frOm Is of no great moinen
fhp reported under-acre9gc and poo
ncr prospects ln America has onl
served 90 accentuate The situation
Already breadstuffs have taken ur
nrecedonted increases here Franc
and Ifaly are almost certain 20 be %
ration again this winter. or Ger
many, no one In The entente countrie
except the statesmen give a thought
But even their conditions are boun