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Show - m THE POOR IGNORANT CZAR. lie Know s Nothing of tiie soil 'ring iu His Own Dominion. s Lonimix, Jan. 7. Advices from St. Petersburg Peters-burg show that the C.ar Is either wilfully blind to the situation of iilfairs in his empire em-pire or the true condition of the peasant-is kept from him. Me lias heretofore stated that no widespread famine exists and that the Sufferings of the poor was due entirely to the partial failure of the crops, which the government timls no trouble In making up from the stocks in the provinces where the crops were not affected. The latest Instance of his opinion on the subject as given at the recent review of the LeinonolTsky regiment. The officers of the regiment, moved by the stories of destitution, destitu-tion, slutted a subscription for the relief re-lief of the sufferers. It was necessary to get the czar's sanction for f he distribution of the money thus raised, .and the colonel, on the occasion of the review, begged the czar to give his permission. Helore the colonel could tluisii his appeal he was interrupted by the czar, who angrily exclaimed: '-There arc no starving people in the empire. Their onlv suffering is due to a had harvest. The incisure', taken by the government will preserve them from famine." Chagrined at the abrupt refusal, the colonel retired and reported the result of the interview to his fellow officers. The remarks made by the cznr havo been keenly discussed in army society. There is no doubt that the efforts by certain government govern-ment oilicials to relieve the distress would be more productive of results were it not for the dishonesty of other oilicials. Immense Im-mense sums have been sent to the famine committee, but as yet no one outside the committee has any definite knowledge of lite benefits conferred, by the committee. A recent dispatch froui St. Petersburg stated that u committee of the Moscow lied Cross club, which has undertaken the distribution distri-bution of private bounty among the famine stricken provinces, has discovered a defalcation defalca-tion amounting to ln.iKKI roubles. Large numbers of peasants are arriving in St. Petersburg. They have no means of subsistence and many on arrival are in a starving condition. Tin y conic here buoyed up by the hope that In this city they will bu aide to tin, I employment, II is hard'iy necessary neces-sary to say that their hopes are not realized. To prevent thorn starving to death the prc-feeture prc-feeture of police is billeting the peesants on wealthy householders. A number of householders house-holders are obliged to lodge and feed as ninny as ten sufferers, A c.orresondeut who 'accompanied the government inspectors on their rounds in the famine districts of Toula writes1 that many huts were paeVed with families, the members of which tried to keep warm by crowding together. I'nclad women and children of three generations slept huddled together on the same benches above the stoves. The barns and outhouses were destroyed for fuel. Tic interiors of the huts were without light, bate of furniture furni-ture and permeated 1rV an intollerablo stench. The people in most homes have been three days without food. In several cases unp'oteetcd children were discovered starving, decried by their tar cuts. In some instances hoards of food were found which would be sufficient for weeks. The correspondent adds: "Some peasants ar ' getting a living by begging, others hitherto S"li-stiprorting are now starving. Most of the sufferers hide whatever what-ever stores they secure. The peasants uffi et the most extreme .self-abasement before the j gentry, hut really feel an intense haired for MM |