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Show Cry for Land and Liberty. It is stated that tlu estlmatu of tho money needed by tho Hits inn government govern-ment for aid to tho famine-stricken provinces would amount to nearly HO,-000,000 HO,-000,000 this j ear. Tho peasants nro starving, parti) In coiiHcniienco of lack of land to cultlvnto. partly because of specially bad crops this yecr. Mean-whllo Mean-whllo tho rent of land Is siuadlly rising. ris-ing. According to tho latest roport of tho Peasants' bank tho nverngo rent per desiatin rose In 12 years from 39 rubles to 108 rubles. No wonder that tho cry of tho peasants Is for "land and liberty." And tho only reasonably fortl!o land remaining Is that of private pri-vate owners, tho public domain being mostly swampy or forest land. |