Show RUSSIAN TO OBTAIN FIRST rOOD FOOD European Relief Council Discusses Condition in Program t w WASHINGTON ASHINGTON ASHI Aug 21 Plans Plan for he coordination of OC childrens children's relief or- or Interested In Russian react re- re let act with the American r relief adminis- adminis ration were discussed today at a n. of ot the European J relief relic coun- coun II Il with Secretary Hoover and Colonel M. M Haskell kell who is IN to have hargo harge of oC food distribution In Ru Russia The iThe various or organizations Interested vere vero re asked nAked b by President Harding to cooperate under the r relief Het administration tion lion in the work of ot fighting f famine among amons the tho children of ot Russia I Colonel Haskell said today that he planned to sail salt from New York for Liverpool carl early next week and to proceed pro pro- proceed to RU Russia Hla as quickly as nA possible Tho The first headquarters of ot the famine workers Colonel Haskell said sald- would be at Moscow At the start he declared tho the administration administration admin admin- intends Intend to fe feed 1 one million RUf Russian children although this number will be bc Increased as ns facilities and supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies are a Tillable available MANY SUICIDES RIGA JUGA Aug 24 By the Associated Press The Press Tho number of ot peasants threatened with f tar starvation In the Volga f region lon is now placed at by hy a 11 Moscow wireless dispatch Of ot this number are lire children Several instances of ot hungering families lies committing suicide In groups ar are reported from Tartar villages wh where rc according to the dispatch the peasants seal up rooms light fires In the stoves close up chimneys and a await asphyxia asphyxia- tion I Moscow announces that In the theO government government gov gov- O of or and in the Tartar Tartar Tartar Tar Tar- tar republic governments the situation IB la becoming vcr very serious and threatens threat threat- ens to b become onte even worse than that In inthe tho the Volga region Sta needs pools of ot grain arain to food feed tho the people and has less than while the Tartar governments which need nearly 3 have hac less than In some gome districts of or the Ufa Uta government govern govern- ment In eastern Russia Russin grain mU roust must t. t be purled pulled b by the roots for fodder as It Itis Itis itis is too short to be cut with the scythe |