The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-18
RFIIEF OF STARVING
RUSSIANS IS IN SIGHT
Ian BEING DISTRIBUTED BY
,urprCAN OFFICIALS. FEED
THE CHILDREN FIRST.
EAR OF WINTERS RAVAGES
,.,rvation Faces Millions When Riv-
w. ars Fill With Ice. Typhus Will Also
cweep Country With Advent of
coId Weather. Conditions Worse.

IOlu
u;.b the arrival in force of Ameri-
famine relief workers in Russia
,bere IS a note of optimism throughout
Il. famine region and belief that the
,,,er;caus are actually graphing with
Il. famine, even though on a small
..rs &c vet. Col William N. Haskell,
I,sctor Of the relief work, is now in
T,,an the capital of the Tartar soviet
republic.
II i freely admitted that conditions
.1-onobout Russia are bad and that,
,orass more help comes, millions will
de during the coming winter Reports
INN, villages along the Volga river
row that conditions are gradually be-
canning worse and those who are I'M
,bre to enter the towns have gathered
,t the rivers banks, hoping for food
iom the passing steamers, They are
sovIy starving there and disease has
broken out.
Typhus. Is Feared.
Cholera in Kazan has been reduced
from 600 cases daily to about 20, ow-
mo 10 inoculation by the government
,ni the coming cold weather. Winter
wll bring on a new menace, typhus,
tbaying an even higher mortality than
|oera. which in the Volga district has
been fatal in about 80 per cent OF the
cases. =,
Winter is also feared because it will
dose the rivers, the main roads OF
ommunication in many districts. When
aese ways are closed by ice the main
4 amine areas will be isolated and those
4 Who remain will be cut off from etfec-
4 live help Of any kind When the Volga
\ and Kama rivers are closed by ice 1t
i feared that tens of thousands in the
Tartar district will slowly starve to
'death
Children Fed First.
The first meal distributed by the
american relief administration in Ka-
zan was given to 800 half-starved chill
Idren. There were but so spoons IN the
town, so the children were fed in re-
] laws OF 50 Most of the children, used
/ to famine, carefully saved halt OF their
'rtions not seeming to realize that
4 there was sufficient food to care for
When for some time to come,
a The children in Kazan have been
gathered together in the towns largest
school building, where every effort is
8bemg made to save their lives. DR..
Kellogg, who is making a tour OF the
district before returning to report to
HSCretarv Hoover, said that halt OF
s he inmates of the institution are sui
Hiring from malaria, and there is no
Bpmine to give them.
Authorities Give Every Aid.
\ Dr. Kellogg and the other American
belief association officials agree that
he Tartar government is doing every.
Thing possible to aid the distribution OF
Hood High government officials hold
ialy consultations with the Americans.
Trucks have been placed at the dis
pOsa OF the relief agents, and every
&Ftor is being made to bring food to
#the districts which need it the worst
1t is said that, despite the hunger
b the peasants, there is no looting OF
he lew shops which still offer food
o sale Instead, the peasants seem in
\ lined to wait patiently for death, teel-
hg that there is no hope for them.
f. american Investigators, returning from
be interior of Russia report that the
asants are pathic, realizing that UNI
AZ Fss help comes speedily they are all
foomed.
High Prices Charged.
Conditions in Kazan reflect the fam
pc Black bread costs 1000 rubles a
pound, and half-white bread is sold at
nom 1000 rubles~to 5000 rubles a
ound Meat costs from 5000 to 1000
u6es a pound, and butter costs $4,000
u9leS a pound.
The problem Of the children is the
e one IN Kazan. In the entire repub-
$4,000 children, who received a hot
zeal each day last winter in the
SInooIs now receive nothing. The first
mort OF the Americans is to save the
a-qren, and food cards are being is
'ed to them as rapidly as possible.