Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-09
EXODUS Of STARVING
RUSSIANS FORECAST

RIGA, Aug. 6.-Russia's starving,
plague-stricken millions will be
driven into other states in Europe by
soviet authorities, according to word
brought here today by Austrian COM
munists, returning from the interna-
tionale in Moscow.
"This is not a threat" Austrian
leaders said. 1T is a necessity If the
Russians are to save themselves"
The Austrians also declared that
Russia's difficulties are fastening a
change in the nations economic pro-
gram.
simple fact is that there is no one
able to take their place. The whole
country is built now on the soviet
plan.
However" they said, Communist
ideas are bound to be moderated
effected. They might have come
anyway but they are unavoidable
now. They have been fastened by
the famine and the Russian appeal to
the outside world"
Austrian's Angered
Americas demand for release of
her prisoners before aid would be
considered, angered the Austrians.
conditions are terriblew said one
leader. "And yet America holds
back and demands guarantees and
concessions.
'"There is no time for parley. Thou
sands are dying hourly and endanger-
ing thousands more as the plague
spreads.
The soviet government is doing all
it can. In the Kremlin in Moscow
men are working night and day to
provide relief and to send supplies to
famine region. Their heroic efforts
might meet with success but yet If
outside help is delayed thousands and
thousands will die and the whole
world may be infected.
America is too far away to suffer
much now. But her famine may
come some day and then people will
remember.
Gust now it Is Europe which
must suffer if conditions are not bet
tered Immediately. The plaques will
spread and the starving Russians now
marching toward Moscow for relief
cannot be halted. They will invade
other countries in Europe, stripping
the country clean and leaving death
behind.
POLAND will be the first. The
soviets will direct their refugees
there-not as a threat but because
best they can"
The Austrian delegates were the
last to come from Moscow They
reported the city in fever Of activ-
ity, with everyone, Bolshevik and
anti-Bolshevik, united in trying to
stories that fifteen or twenty mil
lion people are fleeing from the
the drought are mere guesses," one
delegate said. But the real facts are
sufficient to make the world shudder.
One who has been i'll Moscow cannot
understand the lack Of apprehension
in countries iutside
Russia can infect the world and
diately"
Cooperative organizations Joined
in appeals for relief today.
M Ksintchuk, a leader in the in
ternational cooperative movement,
called upon believers in the move
ment to aid the Russians for "the
sake of humanity" but followed it
with the statement:
This is an opportunity we may
never have again for furthering the
cooperative movement, based on the
theory of exchange of goods.
"Co-operation will place all the
vast resources of Russia at the dis
posal of the world.
only international cooperative
economic ruin"
AMERICAN PRISONERS TO
CROSS BORDER BY MONDAY
LONDON, Aug. 6.-Al1 of the
American prisoners in Moscow and
Petrograd will be sent across the
Russian border by Monday at the
latest, according to a message re-
ceived here today by Walter L.
Brown, European director of the
American relief administration, from
Leo Kameneff, chairman of the Rus
sian relief committee.
The telegram from M: Kameneff,
dated Moscow, August 5, reads as
follows:
"All Americans detained at Mos
cow, Petrograd, in prisons and the
camps, will be sent over the from
tier tomorrow, or by August 8 at
latest. The delay is due to unavoid-
able formalities connected with
granting free pardons. The central
authorities are unaware of any
Americans being interned or in pris-
on in provincial places, but orders
have been given for the release OF
Americans if there are any.
an. Litvinoff, a member Of the all
Russia commission for combating
famine. is leaving for Riga on Au-
gust 8, and is due to arrive there
on August 10. He is authorized to
discuss with you and to arrange all
details for American relief in Rus
STA and to sign an agreement. He
proposes to meet with you WedMes-
day at the Russian legation at Riga"
If this arrangement for the meet