Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-05-25 | Page 1 | Moscow near Bread Famine as Corn Burns

I SCOW Near B Bad ad Famine As Con Burns Peas Peasants Refuse to to Sell prod Product Product ct I Soviet Officials Ship Food as Diplomatic Baggage Baggage Bag- Bag gage gage gaga RIGA May 25 By the As Associated Press Press Moscow Moscow is near starvation it itIS itis itis is said saipin in reports from that city because because because be be- cause peasants refuse to sell their corn and andare are keeping it for seed Govern Governmental commissions sent to nearby vill villages villages villages' es' es to purchase corn are said to have returned empty handed Several million of corn have been destroyed by rebellious elements in the Caucasus region The economic soviet of Moscow has issued an order that state supplies will be be granted only to workingmen and children Since the first of April this supply however has consisted of on only 1 one pound of bread each we week k Workers are leaving Moscow to hunt for food In the villages A pound of bread sold for 1800 rubles two weeks ago and it is declared the price to today today today to- to day is rubles Sugar is selling at rubles a pound The high soviet officials import large quantities of food for their own use twice a week by diplomatic couriers from and Esthonia These shipments are made in the guise of diplomatic baggage and sometimes amount to whole carloads I They are treated contempt by the I population of the Baltic states and when a certain bok hok of diplomatic baggage containing eggs was broken at a railway station re the crowd che cheered red lustily