The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-04-28


church wealth should be sacrificed
In this time of terrible need. Until the famine
gave the Soviet government this opportunity II
had made no open attempt at appropriation.
though II had done all In Its power to dlscredt
the church. whose influence Notwithstanding on
the Hnsslans-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 bttercst foe But the
soViet government has ways OF Its own for getting
results.
Now. all the world knows there IL famine In a
part OF Russia. And all the world knows that there
hr@-or have been--vast treasures In the hands of
the Russian church But one Is not SO sure TINT
these treasures ara sti In the hands of the church
Nor Is one entirely confident that the starving
viii Get the benefit of these treasures even ~ ,hev
prove intact and the Soviet government gets nos
session of Them II is hard to believe ANYTHING
TO the credit OF the Russian Soviet government,
these days
America knows full we'll that there IL fnmine In
RUSSIA, We are trying to save as many ma nos
sible of the starving Russians Tn 10 the milan.
OF March the A. H. A, activities, IL IL known had
resulted IN the landing OF 32 ships az Black sen
anu baitic ports, These ships carried 212 Ala tons
"a wihch i"1oio tons were corn wheat, and sun.
ufies or this amount 10 723 tons of corn ana
wheat were discharged and 7i.s60 shipped into
the interior. or sundres 5342 tons were shinned
ieaNihg otsud tons OF corn and $500 tons of SIM.
"r1eS I'D STOCK waiting for transport to the yolya
Goods were shipped on ia trains as follows.
From Reyal. -; from Ilhau Ia; from Noyoros.
sissk. 90 IRON Theodosia, TO- from Odessa 10;
from Wlndau. FL from Dan2ig L. The wheat
anu corn trains were reported on March Is 10
have arrived at Ufa Oreuburg Tsnritzan Sannr
and saratov. Fifteen trains were nearing Knznn
aud Simhrsk on the same date. Distribution OF
the corn 20 adults began in the FIRST week In March
In addition to these arrivals iG1 Ouo tons wer.
moving on ports and another 100000 tons were
being loaded In United states ports
These stocks are enough To feed 5000 600 penple
The main problem is transportation. for In addition
To the Decentralization OF Russian railroads In some
districts there are no railroads nj all
Nobody here seems to know Just how awful the
famine situation Is. Exact hgurcs are lacking In
March pr Fridtief Nuusen. who headed AN inter.
national commission OF Investigation said:
The famine OF ip2i-lo22 was caused by lack Of
gram caused In turn by lack Of seeds aud farm
labor Not thing has been done to preven; a
similar shortage for next Year aud II the world
with the exception Of America which has been
marvellous In iis succor, stli remains aInof the
suffering 81 next winter win surpas> anything ever
before known In the history of the world
Not one.tenth Of the acreage available for
harvest purposes has been sowu this year In pr,n
arntion Tor the fall The peasants hay, pei,h.r
the seeds. the animals fur the plowing 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 ~
Russia. millions are doomed To death failing "A
concerted action nj the powers before June
"F"r HoHS square miles there Is nothing but
starvation IN Russia. No crops No food No
smiling children Nothing but deSoiatIon and
death II is a crime against the world"
In March II stated that the Russian Soviet
authorities had failed To provide even half the
number ~ cars promised for the transportation
OF American relief administration food supplies
rom the Black sea ports of Novorussissk and from
hindnu ON the Baltic 10 the famine afflicted
eenters OF the Interior. according 10 reports by
walter Lyman Brown European director OF the
American organization
The Soviet officials promised us sufficient cars