Evening star., 1921-07-24
FAMINE HAS DEATH
GRIP ON SOV|ET|SM
BoIshevism Not Expected to
Survive Pangs of Star.
vation in Russia.
HUNGER PALES ALL ISSUES
Warning Factions Unite to Stave
Of Disaster-Continued Ap-
peals for Help Made.
HUNGER PALES ALL ISSUES
By PAUL SCOTT MowRER.

By PAUL SCOTT MOwRER.
By Gable to The Star and Chicago p.i,v Nev,
Copyright. 1921.
PARIS, Francet July 23.-T6e feryor,
Of grim hope is once more stfrrinr
the breasts of many thousands Of
Russian refugees living In the yari-
GUS capitals of Europe. The word IN
going around that bolshevism fs
about to collapse, but whe ther it will
be within a few days, a few weeks
or a few months. of course nobody
knows. The sentiment, nevertheless.
is widespread that the end Is now
nearer. Popular discomfort with tho
ruin and oppression caused BY the
MOSCOW dictators will, 1t is believed.
be brought to head by the present
famine in the Samara region.
Reserve Stores Gone.
This famine is due to several
causes" said the ssian socialist
leader Gregor Alexinsky to the
Writer. "In the old Gays every COM
munity was obliged always to keep
on hand q considerable reserve store
of grain against emergencies. Under
bolshevism these reserves have dis
appeared. In the second place, the
peasants, fearing bolshevist reuuisi-
tions. have planted less grain than
usual. In the third place, the COM
plete breakdown of the transporta-
tion system prevents the transfer OF
grain. Finally, drought has almost
destroyed the crops in certain dis
tricts
THE result is a great migratory
movement of the population in these
districts-such q movement as has not
been seen before in Europe since the
middle ages. Starving peasants pack
their carts with bedding, the family
samovar. wife and children and, driv-
ing the cattle before them, take to
the roads. some going to Siberia, some
to Turkestan and others westward, to-
ward Moscow. AS they go their dire
straits tempt them to pillage the fields
and villages through which they pass.
with the result that the peasants in
these villages are organizing home
guards and defending their possess
sions with rifles" .-.
...' Chaos Feared. -
Some Of the leaders among the Rus
sian emigres. while ardently desiring
the fall Of bolshevism.. express the
fear that nothing Will be ready to
take its place, and that Russia will
lapse from the present centralized
chaos into. a decentralized chaos,
which will merely prolong the suf-
fering of the people. In particular
there is fear Of the terrible pogroms
against the Jews on the part of the
peasantry, exaspera;ed by the alleged
Jewish sympathies with the bolshevist
regime. 1t is reported that some DO
groms Of this nature have already oc-
CURED in Ukrainia. where the spirit
Of revolt is growing rapidly. In the
towns great religious professions.
which are a sort of silent protest
against bolshevism. are said to be of
frequent occurrence. @ ~
Under these circumstances the chief
European governments are said to be
anxiously considering the possibility
of supporting this or that Russian
political party as heir to the boshevik
power. Thus, the Poles are support
ing the Savekov group in Warsaw,
the British are said to be negotiating
with the Kerensky group in Prague
aid the Germans with the Russian
reactionaries in Berlin. The French