The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-17
BOLSHEVIK ALIBIS.

The Russian famine is rather embarrassing Citizen Lenn
and his Having enjoyed unlimited authority for four
years and having used il with ruhcssness seldom ever
surpassed the bohevk doctors highly honorcd by the
condition OF their patient No charge Of capitalist lies
condition. except from communist gathering and the
bohcwk doctors therefore forced do good deal OF
planning
device to play down the OF the disaster. Icnn
says with studied restraint "In several Russian provinces the
famine evidently equals that OF 1891
This while is doubtless strictly does not present the
whole truth The oxtrcmes OF famine confined certain
districts the larger fact is that there has been enormous
descent OF Russian agricultural production Russian Mr. Leo
Pasvosky writing the Weekly Review summarizes The situ
alton thus
n 1916 the grain producing territories OF that portion Of
the former Russian empire which controlled by the sovets
yielded about 00O000OO pools Ga pood is about hrysix
pounds OF wheat rye barley and and above the
needed for local consumption these territories Dur
ing the crop year o02 the food supply agencies OF the soviet
government able to procure from these territories only
about 200000 pools Of grain in many at the expense
Of the needed minimum local consumption The
kind established for the crop year the place OF the
system acquisitions which existed last calls for only 2O
100000 pools yet cnn has already stated that there
believe that the actual gathered will be several tens
OF millions Of poods under the original figure
"ln other words under the soviet regime Russia scarcely
yield 20 per of the of ioodstus she yielded
maly under the imperial regime for distribution the portions
the country which do raise their food supply and for
For this the boshevk apoogsts 1--WE quote Lenn
blame even years of warrs the mperast and then
by the landlords and capitalists of all countries
How much this worth Russia the only country
that has fought external and internal wars? Did the fight
ing of these result the breakdown of domestic efficiency
and bring millions to starvaton
These questions themselves. Every people has suf
fefed from Many have fought back invaders But they
have accomplished this without internal collapse The United
States had civil which lasted four years without starving
its people Revolutionary France fought off all the armies of the
continent and kept raising food and clothing and all necessities
OF course Russia has suffered from but energies
the productive functonng of well organized nations increasing
production and raising efficiency Russia of the richest
countries the globe its natural Under any
tca organization produce only all people could
possibly consume. but in addition surplus for
and for export Even under the inefficient burea
accomplished this in and peace But the bohevk
regime has brought about famine.
Another boshevk ab the drought How much this
worth? good part Of Europe has been experiencing
drought Even in America the crops have been reduced heavily
Furthermore the drought in Russia has been restricted
tain The vast agricultural districts of Siberia have not
suffered from it. good part of the Ukranan and South Rus
sian districts have not been seriously affected.
No. the bohevk alibis do stand the Of examination
The collapse of Russian agricultural production be charged
to drought 1t the result of the policies and methods
OF enn and his associate doetrinae 1t the fruit of
pertinent which ignored and defed the basic instincts and
of normal humanity.-Chcago Tribune