The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-28
RATS FOR FOOD
Mice and Bark of Trees Eaten
by Starving Russians.
Succor Movement in Berlin
Results in Feud.
MAY ACKNOWLEDGE NATL DEBT
Extreme Measure Contemplated
To Get Relief, Rum0r.
HOOver's Message Gratefully
Received by GOrky.
may ACKNOWLEDGE NATL DEBT

Berlin. July 2S.-Rats. field mice
and the bark of trees are delicacies
for the thousands of Russian peasants
who are fleeing from the famine and
cholera-ridden agricultural districts
of Russia into the cities, according to
accounts received here today from
Russia.
A dispatch to the clerical newspa-
per, Germania. says a huge caravan OF
peasants has passed Moscow en- route
for Germany
Wilhelmstrasse fears a repetition OF
the migrations of the middle ages
when whole nations and races flocked
from their homesteads in central Eu-
rope.
The famine in the volga region
(the biggest agricultural district of
the country), last month has steadily
grown worse. said a dispatch from
Moscow to the Morgan Post.
Cholera Is Rampant.
Official figures of the Russian COM
missar of health shows 13,476 chol-
era cases since the beginning OF the
year, of which 1924 occurred in
June. 1t is believed. however these
figures are inadequate and do not
cover portions of Russia where the
the Vossische Zeitung, there are SEQ
cholera cases in Moscow.
The communist newspa per Izvestia.
of Moscow. proposes transplanting
100000 workmen from the famine
area to Baku in the Caucasus.
The German movement to succor
Russia has resulted in a practical feud
in Berlin. The Socialists demand that
the aid be nonpartisan and purely hu-
manitarian. On the whole, the COM
munists are agitating in favor of capi-
talizing the movement for political
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to secure control of the succoring
movement among the labor unions.
May Acknowledge Debt.
Copenhagen, July 2S.-Rumors are
in circulation in Revai, says a dis
patch to the Politiken from the Es-
thonian capital today, that as an ex-
treme measure in an effort to secure
help in the present crisis in Russia
tNikolaf @Lenine has proposed to tho
soviets the acknowledgment OF the
national debt which the Bolsheviki
cancelled after the revolution.
According to the rumors it is pro-
posed that a conference be summoned
| between the soviet government and
the European creditor countries to
determine the exact amount of the
debt and arrange for the immediate
! resumption of diplomatic and eco
nomic relations.
Cholera Increases Reported.
Riga. July 2s.-Increases in tho
spread of cholera during the last fort
night are reported in the Moscow pra-
vada.
No new outbreaks of the disease
have been reported in Moscow and
Petrograd, according to the newspa-
per. now is considered safe. as only
six new cases were reported IN as
many months. Cool weather is said
to aid in restricting the epidemic's
spread.
Hooyer's Message Received.
Washington, July 2S.-The message
sent to Russia by Secretary of Com
merce Hoover, acting as head of the
American Relief society, setting forth
conditions under which relief will bo
afforded the suffering Russians, was
! gratefully received" according to a
wireless message to Secretary Hoover
today from Maxim Gorky.
Gorky's message said:
Your message gratefully received.
Detailed reply Will be sent from Mos
cow by President Russian Central
Famine Relief association"
London, July 28.-Press reports of
famine conditions in Russia have been
greatly exaggerated, Premier Lloyd
George stated in the house of COM
mons today in reply to inquiries from
members.
The British government, he added,
has received no request for assistance.