Famine in Russia.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 128, 14 November 1901, Page 4

Famine in Russia.

A despatch from Berlin, of sth, :—From various distric s of Europe»n Russia news begins to a-rive of impending famine, and Government official)) themselves begin to lecopniae that eneigetio measures must be taken if the winter and spring are to pass without immense suffering among the peasantry in large uectiona of the conn'ry. Tb« Governments of Voronej, Samara,

Perm, Orenburg, Simbirsk, Kazan, Viatka, Ekatennoslav, Taurida, Ufa, and extensive districts south and west are declared officially to be in need of be! p. The Governors of these provinces have received orders to report fortnightly to headquarter.", to avoid ex»g oration, but nevertheless render a faithful account of the sate of affairs. The Min;st»r of t* a Interior has fixed th» normal quantity of grain which each family of five peesona is to possess ab 17281 b.s. It is calculated that the sum which the Stats must ixp nd on the purcha«e of grain will not fall short of £15,000,000 sterling. In addition it U contemplated to begin a number of public workfl at in expenditure of about half a million sterling. It is characteristic of Bus ian methods that private philanthropy is to he under the immi diato sop iv;sion of the authentic, and that no one is to engnge in famike work without the express sanclioi. of the provincial Govei ument. It is fe red that a number of persona tinder the guise of a histing the peasants will engage in | revolutionary propaganda.