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Show ASIATIC RUSSIA IS SUFFERING FAMINE Special Cable to The Tribune. PKTRX;RAJ, July : V The Russkoje Slovo publishes a sensational report ol the proceedings of the convention of Siberian Si-berian niavors and representatives re-centlv re-centlv held at Irkutsk. Almost all of the debates, who took part In the conferences drew dark pictures of misery and starvation starva-tion throughout Asiatic Russia. One of the delegates of the province or Irkutsk said: In the districts inhabited by the Jakutes the government is breaking down completely. These districts are in a state of complete anarchy, because be-cause small officials have established a reijm of terror and take everything-thev everything-thev can lay their lands on. It is useless to debate measures for the reduction of food prices, because there is no more food. Under ordinary conditions con-ditions the situation would Improve with the beginning of summer navigation, navi-gation, but this cannot be expected tills vear, because conditions in the south of Siberia are as bad as those In the north. Next winter hundreds of thousands of people will die of starvation. star-vation. Another delegate discussed the financial conditions of the cities and towns of eastern east-ern Siberia: All of our cities are practically bankrupt." bank-rupt." the representative said. "Irkutsk. "Ir-kutsk. Krasnoiarsk and Vladivostok eat?!) face a deficiency of more than ?l,W)i.0i")0 for the current fiscal year, and many of the smaller towns have been compelled to suspend payment, as they are not able to raise any money. The government cannot furnish fur-nish funds to the Siberian provincial provin-cial governments and municipalities and loans in foreign countries are out of the question as long as the war lasts. If peace does hot come very soon Siberia will be utterly ruined. |