New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

WSei
.ro the Editor OF The Tribune.
asir: Instead of sizing up the Rus
.;,n situation as being in the Red"
,saaoy' would suggest:
"ln tn. shadow of red tape.
Wbv should politics OF a certain
FORM of government stand in the way
~ our coming to the aid Of millions
., starving little children? Why
n.;, for the downfall OF the Soviet
government before we give succor TO
starving people
III each Congressman can send his
constituents many and varlous kinds
~ seeds for their ornamental gar
d.ns, why cannot our government
send enough grain seed to our vel
fare workers in Russia to be distrib-
uted for the autumn harvest?
rs It always necessary TO deal with
governments in order to give to the
reedy, D. H. c,
Anew York, April I. 1922
Alas. the problem is not SO simple.
True, relief can be sent to some
starving children, as the Hoover or
ganization has been doing for six
months. Our government, without
haggling over the recognition ques-
ton, has voted $2o,o0o,0o0 appro-
priation, and grain bought with the
money is now in Russian ports and
is being pushed TO the famine areas.
No impediment is in the way of those
whose hearts are wrung by the story
Of the Russian tragedy. the most ap-
palling in history. Send your gifts
to the American Relief Organization
or to the societies cooperating with
} it. The claim that there is an en-
bsrso on shipments to Russia Is un-
truthful Red propaganda.
Next fall-lamentably little can be
Done this spring because Of the dis
lance and the breakdown of Russian
transportatlon-it Will be possible to
provide seed grain, but this will not
help until fifteen month e.apse. In
the mean time famine conditions will
persist.
The cities will next be attacked,
This year the central government
has stripped the country of its food
renalnders. Under these conditions,
without ascribing any special wick
sdness to the Bolsheviki. is it likely
mat the cities, where Bolshevism is
strong, will allow seed grain to reach
'ne peasants? Hence, such reguIa-
"ons as the Hoover organization is
enforcing are indispensable to pre-
vent looting on route. The Soviet
government cannot be trusted to
make an impartial distribution. 1t
@orlVen to consider the cities first
is army and its swollen Bureaucracy.
Mr' Dickinson has made these
.1'ngs altogether clear in his articles
~ ne Tribune. Therefore, any one
'ho would fatty recognize the Soviet
power and then turn over to it 100,-
''VVo bushels of grain cannot be
sged as real friend of relief.
moreover, it is plain that for any
fsFmanent betterment the underly-
ss causes of the famine must be re-
4'0'eo' As long as a small group, in
power through superiorities of or
ea"szatlon, forcibly imposes on Rus
20 an economic system which kills
,f''aucsion she will continue to be
.aagFy. So it is essential when Civ
'4s reilef to be most careful not to do
awning to perpetuate the system
'Naeh has brought on this famine
D winch will bring on others.
1sosnition. if accorded. mus. &c ca
a, amS that draw the teeth out of
~ ts,SheVisn, Mr.. Dickinson, with his
!. - knowledge and his scrupulous
! '''ess, has done this country and
= world a great service by his mar
a,e and his simple presentation
'ne yerities of the Russian prob
"assia is under q Red shadow
VIII suffer until it is lifted. By
sehey measures we can save
e ii'es, but this is merely symp-
ase treatment. We should also
* al the roots of the Russian