New-York tribune., 1922-06-04
Russian Famine
Revealed as Ice
SIlroud Is Lifted
Floods Wash Up Bodies of
Thousands of Victims of
Hunger as New Diseases
Clutch Stricken Survivors
Relief Work Increasing
Opening of Rivers Helps in
Food Distribution; Fight
Against Cholera Is Begun

LONDON. May Il (By MALL
Russian rivers are now open to the
TRANSPORTATION Of American Relief Ad-
ri,is.ration supplies. ard the trans
,o-.s.ion problems which faced tne
organization IN Russia lsst winter are
/ -.sri,r solution. according 20 eaole
advices received a. London mead
Tood shipm.nts are being made on
.he upper and lower Nolga N larEeI
ous-t'ties and with more speed ana
,ributarv rivers. row open. MAKE y
ro,sihle 70 penetrate 70 more remote
vesntim. the spring breakup i'
revealing in sll its horror the aiter-
-,afh u the terrible winter hunser.
A. Ak.ubirsk 10000 bodies Of famine
,.i..ir-s have been washed ur p tne
Aoo5s on the Hsirp bend ~ the lex
Piv,- New diseases also are appear-
'-~ there is some snallpor ana
rraa, deal o. tcahiss. ifacnoms 80
5vser,erv. but ths medica. oe1aItr,s'n. y.
~ ,ho American Relief Administratioin
-s-or-, q decided improvement ~ ooll
rh,ldrs- and adults ss result O.
American nations
American Corn Acclaimed
American corn is proving more ;nan
,,.isfactorv. Il yields i per GEM
30. IN the grinding than TIE nave
varietv. and when boiled gains ilom
-. - six times in weight.
ctoisra is increasing IN many sec
49,, - prssia as the spring advaneet'
bv. ,he medical officers Of the amer
"a, Relief Administration, acting ~
sa-..y. with the Russian Health De-
-,-.7,.,. hone % check the epidemic
snee5ilv IN the regions whefe INC
American Relief Administration -
Tirbf million doses of snti-chol'Ia1
,-,ccs,e frorn America will be used ara
American Relief Administration a.
-er,ors AZ several points IN tne ianlne
regions. particularly a. TIE reinsee
csT1s are educating the population N
cieanli-ess By granting rations on4y 20
those refugees who Will work 70 oIea"
,sss.sres describing the actual as
.-,bg.ior o. American relief set FORM
-. On .hs banks o. the Jral kivor,
- ne borders or Asia, refugees ana
.c.ss-.s On receiving ire American
rs.,or lose no time In cooking T. ne
-ive~ hanks soor are black with All.e
rrorns sitting happily about an iimpro,
,sssd 70. in which the first real 1000
thew have had for months is ooiiihg
merrily.
Russians Show Gratitude
TIE earn is issued in the raw STATE
and is received in bags. aprons ara
L-o..ed coat sleeves with al tne oo-
ssouious rrsciousness and grA'illae
which seem Characteristic o. the hus-
slams
"Nortars and pestles q every con-
ce;vable prehistoric style ard shape
we're improvised." TIRE message says
"for the purpose of grinding the gIit''
ard in one hour the meal was boiling
! over numerous fires. So ravcrous we're
some % the benehcisries they could not
even wait for these preparations 20 oe
made. but u1uuehed the gifts whole
SIX hundred ard fifty thousand per-
sons are now receiving the American
ration n the Khirgiz and tho basn kir
reprblics. Of which Orenburg ls the
capital. This has been ore % the worst
famine districts. and not long ago tHe
rcople in some sections had become so
violent that al order was !ssued re-
strict!ng the tovnfo.k 20 their homes
after : o'clock Murder for the pur-
pose Of acquiring food and clothes mad
become common. ard reports of eanni-
balism were wides7read