The Red Cloud chief., 1922-04-27

I'm this time of terrible need. Until the famine
gave the Soviet government this opportunity 1t
had made no open attempt ut appropriation,
though it had done all In its power to discredit
the church, whose influence Notwithstanding, on
the Russians-the most religious people in the
wOrld-has steadily grown. Mystery surrounds
the action of the archbishop in yielding up the
ciurch's treasures TO its bitterest foe. But the
Soviet government has ways of it's own for getting
results.
Now, all the world knows there Is famine In a
part of Russia. And all the world knows that there
are-Or iIuve been-vast treasures I'm the hands Of
the Russian church. But one is not so sure that
these treasures are still in the hands of the church.
Nor Is one entirely confident that the starving
will get the benefit of these treasures, even If they
prove intact and the Soviet government gets pos
session of them. 1t is hard to believe anything
to the credit of the Russian Soviet government
these days.
America knows full well that there is famine in
Russia. We are trying to save as many as pos
sible Of the starving Russians. Up to the middle
of March the A. II. A. activities, it is known, had
resulted in the landing of 81 ships at Black sea
and Baltic ports. These ships carried 212,413 tons,
of which 1917 ,5l6 tons were corn, wheat, and sun
dries. OF this amount 129, 723 tons Of corn and
wheat were discharged and 71,S6O shipped into
the interior. OF sundries 5,342 tons were shipped,
leaving 57,S63 tons of corn and $500 tons of sun
dries In stock waiting for transport to the Volga.
Goods were shipped on 1914 trains as follows:
From Reval, %; from Libau, IA; from Novoros-
sissk, %; from Theodosia, 10; from Odessa, 10;
from Windau, 81; from Danzig, II. The wheat
and corn trains were reported on March Is to
have arrived at Ufa, Orenburg, TZaritzan, Samar,
and Saratov. Fifteen trains were nearing Kazan
and Simbirsk on the same date. Distribution of
the corn TO adults began In the first week In March,
In addition to these arrivals 167, 900 tons were
moving on ports and another 100000 tons were
being loaded in United States ports.
These stocks are enough to feed 100000 people.
The main DrOblpm Is TRANSFORMATION. for. In addition
to the Reorganization of Russian railroads, In some
districts there are no railroads at all.
Nobody here seems to know just how awful the
famine situation is. Exact figures are lacking. In
March DR.. Fridtjof Nansen, who headed an inter
national commission Of investigation said:
1.-THE famine Of 1921-1922 was caused by lack of
grain, caused in turn by lack Of seeds and farm
labor. Not a thing has been done to prevent a
similar shortage for next year and IL the world,
with the exception Of America, which has been
marvellous In its succOr, still remains aloof, the
suffering of next winter will surpass anything ever
before known In the history Of the world.
mot One-tenth of the acreage available for
harvest purposes has been sOwn this year In prep
aration for the fall. The peasants have neither
the seeds, the animals for the blowing, nor the,
energy which is generated by food.
"Their wives and children are starving and
despite the admirable relief already brought to
them by the American Relief commission and
- the International Commission for the Relief Of
Russia, millions are doomed to- death, failing a
concerted action Of the powers before June.
"For 100000 square miles there Is nothing but
starvation in Russia. No crops. No food. No
smiling children. Nothing but d~esOlation and
death. It is a crime against the, world"
In March 1t was stated that the Russian Soviet
authorities had failed to provide even half the
number of cars promised for the transportation
of American relief administration food supplies
from the Black sea ports of Novorossissk and from
Windau on the Baltic sea to the famine afflicted
centers Of the interior, according to reports by
Walter Lyman Brown, European difector OF the
American oEssdization.
"The Sovias officials promised US sufficient cars