The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1921-11-12
WHERE THEY DIE
 ON CITY STREETS In Towns on Volga River People Await Death From Hunger
 and Bid It Welcome

syan Russia There was time when sytrau was Che most colorul city along ho volm but that t.me is gone Today it is crowded with dust-bcrrmcd peasants. who group themselves into gray masses in thoir search for food.
 There was umc when Che airI was nuci vih a perfect babel ot| tonucs Che languages Of Ono Kai-| mucks. Mougols rartars. Chinese. and Russians but Che crowds Chat. throne che streets of Che city at. present ore mute. Even thc laugh ler of children hos boon s.lcncod in Che despair chat has settled over
 hee tons ol thousands who at crossing themselves. and wait for what seems Go be Che inevitable.
 Pictures of Grim Misery
 Pictures of misery aeon here are dunlIcated Iu samara s.mbIrsk sar- ator. TaHe.u. and every other city i'm tbc nm.re-strIckcu valley of Che vorea Docks and railroad stations arc piled high with Ono belongings or Che refugees. who were driven from hc.r land by thc drought and The clouds of eraashoppeu chat de-
 .royeI even Che moagor grain that had dcueI Che heat of Che terrible
 summer Committees are trying Go move hc refugee to other points where hcre s some promise of food. but it is necessary Co usc lho limited river and a.IroaJ transportation ia- .uur to s.ud scod grain into Che country and to bring bread into the umiuc district
 Many professional bcsears of Che .rrs, typo are Go bc found hero and i'm other large contcn In southern Rula but Che starving farmers ask no aims and tutor mo cry. They .aud alout and avmt their fate with thc uo.c.sm pictured so graph Iauy and uuthuIy by Tosioy and uostoIc,sky.
 Sell Rings and Clothing
 Markets have sprung up mush- .oomlsc herc and ,bcro about Che refugee camps. offering for sale veg .tablcs broad. flour and meat They are surrounded by hungry people. who have uo money Go oGor but who exchange wedding rings. fur coats.
 ap. kettles pan. boots and other
 mall possessions They know Che Russian winter IS coming. and that 10 win Gud them without shelter and .Iomur bu. thoy are obliged to. give up Che ucecs.iue. Of Che future. Co meet .hc demands of Che present
 Large peasant families arrive in % .trte of exhaustion. their carts being dragged by came.a and starved horses There Is no hay or grain here and hcrc .s slight prospect hat Che animals uu be kcpt aliyo| until spring.
 m thc carts arc samoyars. talking machines couoorHuas and American owing inarhiue. which are hartercd lor food or for collins The dead lie unuouceI for boau while near them arc uuml groups boiling al few potatoes and onions with which ! t1 keep alive. somc markets arc uu- dor armed guard. but this appears col be unnecessary as Che peasants are too vcak and passive to take yioIcutI measures
 Typhus Claiming Victims
 Great crowds attempt Go cling toI Che few trains uat lcavo here daily ! 1ud oIdcu often pul some Of thc| rourcc. from Che oam. frequently l oruatng families some members of which have managed to socrc,o themselves between thc cars.
 Tynbu has appeared In many naco. and Che hospital superIutoud- cut at slmaa said Che other day Che only way to handle thc situation was to scerosatc thosc who have bcu stricken. They receive atious when food H available but thcrc Is no soap.
 Five hundred sick children were found grouped m ono building iuI samau Some Of them were seen eating leave. from shrubs while others vcrc lying about on dirty beds. more dead chan alive Most Of tbcso children wore so ashcn and cmacatci chat hoy resemble old mon and women.
 Germans Among Sufferers
 Many oncc prosperous German ! families from Mar.upol and other | German ccnter arc among the ret-| ueec at samaro and arc living ini mtb and poverty iu crowded dock ! sheds or hayc uo shelter at al. Scv- orl Germans told Che correspondent they had relatives iu Siberia and l werc trying to reach Omsk. but they l had exhausted their money and could l not get permission Go migrate east- ward.
 Miss Anna Hancs of Philadelphia. l a worker for Che Friends relief or- rturauon. ia Iu samara and recent !