The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-04-19

ia this time q terrible need. Until the famine
gave the Soviet government this opportunity It
rad made no open attempt at appropriation.
-hough 1t had done all in Its power to discredit
ihe 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
church's treasures TO Its bitterest foe. But the
Soviet government has ways of Its own for getting
results.
Now, ill the world knows there Is famine In .
part Of Russia. And all the world knows that there
are-Or have been-vast treasures In the hands Of
he Russian church. But one Ii not 20 sure that
these treasures are still In the hands Of the church.
Nor u one entirely confident that the starving
win get the benefit Of these treasures, even II they
prove intact and the Soviet government gets pos
session Of them. It Ii hard to believe anything
20 the credit Of the Russian Soviet government
these days.
america knows full well that there II famine in
Russia. We are trying to save as many rs pos
aible Of the starving Russians. Up to the middle
Of March the A. r. A. activities, 1t Ii known. had
resulted Ii the landing Of 80 ships 1t Black sea
and Baltic ports. These ships carried 12.413 tons,
q which 1875 tons were corn, wheat. and sum
drtea. OF this amount 128, 7:3 tons Of corn and
wheat were discharged and 1850 shipped into
the interior. OF sundries 5.342 tons were shipped.
leaving 67,663 tons Of corn and $500 tons Of sun
dries II stock waiting for transpok to the Volga.
Goods were shipped on 124 trains as follows:
From Reveal. q; from Libau. IA: from Nov0ros-
alssk, "a; from Theodosia, 10: from Odessa. Is:
from Windau. ~: from Danzig. II. The wheat
and corn trains were reported on March 10 to
have arrived 1T Ufa. O%renburg, Tzaritzan. Samar.
and SaratOv. Fifteen trains were nearing Kazan
and Glmblrsk on the same date. Distribution OF
the corn "a adults began In the first week in March.
iii addition To- these arrivals 167 900 tons were
moving on ports and another 100000 tons were
being loaded n United States ports.
These atOcks are enough to feed 100000 people.
The main problem u transportation, for, In addition
- a. dloorganixation Of Russian railroads, in,sorne
dlstsfcts there are no railroads Mt all.
NOBODY here seems to know just how awful the
famlne situation Il Exact figures are lacking. In
March DE. Eftdj0f Nansen. who headed an inter-
nafianal commission o. Investigation said:
-.Ehe fomIne.of 1D21-1022 was caused by lack Of
Grain caused ii turn BY lack Of seeds and farm
AIahnr. Not ! thing has been done to prevent .
SIMILAR ehnethge Tor next year and II the world.
with a. exception q America> which has been
mnrYeloeNk III IT. su0c0r. still remains aloof, the
eu0erfne w NEXT winter Will surpass anything ever
hefofh1 knorxn h the history OF the world.
ND 1Ge4fenth 81 the acreage available for
harvenf an~snoees han been sown this year in prep
oruttdsR IT, fhe faIL. The peasants have neither
fhe a6ode IN anilnals ,for the blowing. nor the
1ner1u WW3<tsgAA - gesesated By food.
MThelr N5pSo ana children are starving and
deepate ~ odnnireble RELIEF already brought to
fhen zbr27tho Am1r1ean Relief commission and
~ Int1rnSffnnrt Comntslt0n for the Relief Of
Rpn Mxolto2SeU - doomed to death. failing =
eaoeestbe4s aeslua ~ tas powers before June.
80 11oo0e66Q sol1nts 7mne7 there Y nothing but
srsefaon q 1un1A ~ crops No food No
13flSk efn6fen Na1hing but desolation and
VT X " meAn1n the world"
8 No. ~ 666Sfpd that the Russian Soviet
iSzk 4t1~1ss Y fst&SS64 ~ provide even ham the
11l!l1r carsI sE1(g1lR!ess1, for the t1an.portation
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