The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-05-04

In this time Of terrible need. Until the famine
gave the Soviet government this opportunity 1t
had made no open atteslpt at appropriation,
though 1t had done all in itY power to dsCredt
the churcnE 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 I'D the
.churchs treasures TO its bitterest foe But the
Soviet government has ways of its own for getting
results.
: Now, all the world knows there is famine In a
part Of Russia. And all the world knows that there
Rre-or have been-vast treasures In the hands of
the Russian church. But one is not so sure that
these treasures 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 I'm
Russia We are trying to save as many as DOS
sible Of the starving Russians Up to the middle
OF March the A. r. A activities, il Is known had
resulted in the landing of 30 ships at Black sea
and Baltic ports These ships carried Do Alb TONS
or which 1876 tons were corn, wheat, and sun
dries OF this amount 1928 tons of corn and
wheat We're discharged and 71,S60 shipped into
the interior. Of sundries 5y342 ions were shipped
leaving 57S63 tons of corn and $500 tons of sun
dries in stock waiting for transport to the Voga
Goods were shipped on 124 trains as follows:
Frorh Reval, %; from Libau IA; from Novoros-
sissk, % from TheOdOsia, 10; from Odessa 10;
from Wlndau, 81; from Danzig, II The wheat
and corn trains reported on March II 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 $4,000 tons were
moving on ports and another 100000 tons were
being loaded In United States norris
These stocks are enough to feed 5000 900 people
The main problem is transportation for In addition
TO the dsorganization 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:
THE famine Of 1921-1922 was caused by lack of
grain caused In turn by lack Of seeds and farm
labor Not thing has been done to prevent a
similar shortage for next year and II 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
Not onetenth Of the acreage available for
harvest purposes has been sown this year I'm 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
spite the admirable relief already brought to
lem 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 desolation and
death Ii is a crime against the world"
/ In March it 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 20 the famine afflicted
eenters OF the Interior, according to reports by
Walter Lyman Brown, European director of the
American organization.
''The Soviet officials promised US sufficient cars