New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-30
Six Million
hungry 'gry Rush
On Nose 0w
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sian people were compelled to lag be-
hind their Western brothers in politi
cal and industrial development, The
war, into which Russia was drawn
against her will, added in a fatal de-
gree to the backwardness and lack Of
organization Of Russian life. The OK
haustion of the nations energy. the
cultural backwardness of the masses
and the deliberate destruction Of my
country by the enemy outside and
TRAITORS within nave brought Russia
to utter .impoverishment. And to com
piete this calamity two years of per.
s1stent drought have brought Russia
to the abyss Of extinction.
Land Covered With Corpses
The country already is covered with
corpses. Men and women are collaps-
ing from hunger and children are dyinc
silently, having lost the strength to
weep. 1narticulate, helpless even to
complain, the Russian people are dis
appearing from the face Of the earth
and are covering the dirty ground with
their bodies.
"Harvests have burned up, as has the
grass in the meadows also, and the
cattle are unable to remain on their
feet. There is not a bit of bread or
drop of milk in fourteen provinces that
once were known for their fruitfulness
and fairness. Death is mercilessly
moving down 100000 human souls.
Killing even all hope of perpetuating
their race.
"From the White Sea to the Black
and from the Baltic to the Caspian
proceeds this march of death, armed
with the weapons of disease. Hunger
IS common, with another enemy stalk
ing close behind-the cold, coming
winter. There is no food, no clothes.
no medicines.
=. III the perversity of human rela-
tons. the political inexperienced of
the Russian masses and the evil will
OF human beings brought Russia 70 the
verge of extinction, isn't there enough
good will and milk of human kindness
left in this world to save the inno-
cents from their horrible misfortune?
For all our people are perishing,
and first of all the children, the hope
Of the future.
Women Of America, open your
mother hearts to our sufferings. God
Entrusted you with guarding human
life. Help before it is too late"
A wireless dispatch received from
Moscow by the Novy Mir, newspaper
III Berlin subsidized by the Russian
o"Siet BoVernmenC, says that 80 per
cent of all the Red commissaries and
OF the employees Of the Bolshevik
government are now engaged in fight
ing famine. The dispatch says that all
the provinces affected by famine have
been released from payment of the So
called natural tax
Rebellion Grows
Steklof, in leading editorial in the
Boishevik official newspaper in Moscow.
lzvestia, says:
Hunger has gripped the country.
From all sides come reports that the
peasants, driven to desperation. are
harvesting whatever unripe grain
there is and eating it. Parallel with
the discomfort among the peasants is
the growing spirit of rebellion among
the city workers. Even in the commu
MIST party there is an observable. grave
dccl1ne IN courage and energy. Timid
folk believe we will be unable to ham
ole TINS new catastrophe"
This picture of the internal situa-
ton In Russia is painted by the Soviet
governments leading official Journal
lst 1t is the picture which is present.
ca to the world by foreign correspond
ents weeks ago and what at that time
provoked PROV Ts violent, indignant denials
from Foreign Minister Tchitcherin Of
the Moscow government, who, in
radio dispatch, branded these foreign
correspondents, especially the Ameri-
cans, as liars. Now this compliment
comes back in his teeth,