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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1917.

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SPECTRE OF FAMINE STALKING THE LAND.

HA MAB DANCE OF PAPER.

MILLIARDS

14 is well look facts straight in the face and not give oneself over to illusions (writes the Petrograd correspondent b the Munchenter. Guererdier). One thing is already stalking over the grent Russian plain. M. Shingaroff, the late Minister of Agriculture," and - now Minister of Finance, 'said in a speech at Rostoff that in certain places in the northern pro- vine's peasants are beginning to commit suicide and to kill their children to escape from the pangs of hunger. How is that this great com-exporting country is in sneh a condition? It is not difficult to explain.

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GERMAN CASUALTIES.

TOTAL OF 4,824,258.

The following is a return of German asualties as reported in the German official casualty liste to the end of July. The casualtica (exclusive of corrections); reported during the month of July, 1917, were as follows:

Kilfed and died of wounda Died of sickness Prisoners

Missing

Severely wounded Wounded

5,416

2,973

-1,284

13,336

13,890

* 3,560 20,398

Slightly wounded Wounded remaining with units. 11,086

-100,049

The abovo casualties added to those reported in previous months and includ- ing the corrections reported in July, 1017, bring the intala reported in the Gernian official lists since the beginning of the war

to

Killed and died of wounds 1,056,973 Died of sickness

75,958

Prisoners.

Missing

Severely wounded Wounded

Slightly wounded

335,260

267,237

602,858

BI7,097

3,601,867

Wounded remaining with units 276,066

4,624,250

The above figures include all, German nationalities Prussians, Bavarians, Saxons, and Wurtembergers. They do not include naval casualties or casualties of colonial troops.

Before the war, out of the ore and a half milliard poods of gerals produced ini Russia, from 400,000,000 to 600,000,000 poods were exportaci, and about one upil. liard ponds left for the internal market. "When the war broke out all thaty wàg formerly exported came on to the market.. But within a very short time the immense. increase in the armies drew away soine 30 million peasants from works of produc tion to works of destruction.

All theso now began to eat much more than they did in pence times, Hard work on the front and the abolition of vodka increased their demands for cereal. foods. More- over, the peasant of the southern and con tral provinces before the war lived in continual state of semi-starvation, His land. was small his fixes high, the

It should be noted that the above machinery he had to bay was very dear, Ggures do not constitute an estimate by because the bourgeois masses of Moscow the British authorities, kui merely repre- and Odessa, sheltered behind the highest sent the casualties announced in German tariff in Europe, were interested in keep- official lists. It should also be noted that ing prices ny,

He was thus, fored to the casualties are those reported during more normal circumstances, “ be would the month of July-not reported is hav have consumed himself, in order to paying been incurred in July. off his debts. The war came, and the! army at once became the great 、 asumer, Thousands of refuges from Poland and Roumania poured into the country. A1 last, by the winter of 1910-17, the whole of the one sailliard poods which under | normal circumstances are put upon the home amrket was bought by the State for army and refugen, work, fenring only some 500,000,000 ponds for the civil popuintion.

The industrial life of Russia is even: in normal times very undeveloped, and the vast majority of the population are peasants engaged in agriculture of a primitive kind. The amount of capital, therefore, seeking employment on the home markets is very limited. But what capital there is has become so demoralised by contact with the Tsar's Government

The facts now are these. The amount of cereala left in the country may suffice the past, by sheltering behind high to feed the army and the civil population tariffs and monopolies, that it has not if careful rationing is undertaken, until been put to the proper use when the this year's harvest.

The profits of the How Russia will hour of trial came.

industrialists, instead of get through next winter depends entirely

going into the upon the sowing that has taken place this War Loans, were used for speenlation and spring, and the results of the harvest.inflation of industrial capital. The re- In order to avoid famine it will be necessult was that the burden of war financo sary to keep the production of the laid fell upon the State Bank and the Imperial

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the other hand, every day brings reports of the Inck of labour in the villages, ef the complete absence of manure, and of the immense difficulty of getting agricul tural implements and machinery. sides which, in many districts of the south Be- and centre agrarian disorders have broken out owing to the stubbornness of the land lords in holding back their lands from the peasants What will happen next cf only 20 per cent. by paper and metal winter nobody here eares to think about, roserves in the Bank and by various bank. and it is better not to do so. But the more tag operations, thus leaving 80 per cent. immediate question is whether famine can he stayed of now for the next two, or three months: that is to say, can the food stocks left in the country be distributed in such a way as to feed all, even with reduced rations,

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that amount on the honic markets. Up to March 1, 1017, therefore, 39 per cent. of Russia's war expenditure was taken over by the State Bank. Between March 13th and increased to 52 per rent., for the

and May 29th this percentage has Wo expenditure for. this period Was There 4,380,000 roubles, of which 2,350,000,000 wables fell ou the Bank. Thus the months go by, and the restricted money markets of the country are quite inado quate to meet this appalling expenditure. The Government printing press works night and day and the flood of paper connection with above Steamer are hereby CONSIGNEES of Carge from Havre, &c., in

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obtained immediately after landing. in the State Loans it speculates with them intimation is received from the Consignes remain Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unless on the produce markets and this only before Neox To-Dax requesting it to be landed further excites the mad dance of the paper hero. milliards over the land. To make mat-

MONDAY, the 16th inst., at 10A..

P. THOMAS, Agent. Hongkong, 8th October, 1917.

To answer this question we must look into the whole industrial condition of Russia at the present time: 150,000,000 peasante of all nationalities scattered over this vast plain. They have stocks of corn which are said to be about 400,000,000 poods. They are told that the towns are crying for bread, and they are ready to sell if they can get some equiva- lent value for their produce. They sell let us say, a portion and receive a muse of paper money printed by the State Bank They Lake this to the market Sown, hoping to buy sugar, tea, cloth ing, boots, and fad that this money is absolutely useless, because the produce is not there for sale. It has been estimated chat 6 milliard roubles' worth of paper money is lying in the pockets of the pea sants itnable to find anything to purchase. It is thus clear that the industrial machine which supplies, the agricultural

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the population with the necessities of life has worse there has been

no attempt Undersigned. Goods remaining unclaimed after broken down, and with it the financial duce a proper system of direct taxation and landing charges.

since the beginning the war to intro- the 15th iast, at Noon, will be subject to rout ROYAL work of the country. It appears that into the State Budget.

there are two causes for this breakdown.

All Claims must be sent in to me on or before First, the greater part of the industries first use the proletariat made of its new-

As soon as the revolution broke out theke 20th inst., or they will not be recognized, STEAM of the country, are producing now, not won liberty was to demand increase of

All damaged packages will be examined on for the needs of the civil population, but wages. All rises that have been obtained, for the army and all its branches of the however, hitherto have beer met by the

No Fire Insurance has been effected. war service. Large numbers of workers employers with a corresponding increase have been taken away from their former in the cost of products, and the workers industrial occupations and turned on to army work, thus starving the productive consumers are no better of than they industries of their labour. These causes increased their demands so as to include were before. They have now, therefore: are connected, therefore, direly with the war, and will not cease adversely to practically the whole of the war profits, affect the situation, until there is peace and, moreover, demand that it shall be The plain fact is that the industries of are stepping into the position of the State retrospective. The proletariat, in fact, Russia cannot now supply a modern army and demanding for themselves what the with all that it needs, and satisfy the State should have taken by direct taxa- wants of the pensant population at the tion. Of course the greater part of the same time. Figures recently worked out old war-profits are past recovery... at Moscow show that while the monthly It is obvious that the most stern mea. demand for iron in the country is 27 sures are needed to prevent a catastrophe. million poods, the monthly production is Many of the industrialists will lost their only 15 million poods. Therefore there fortunes and their businesses in any case. is no settling this side of the problem as but the principal thing at the moment is long as the war lasts:

But there is another cause which can to prevent a complete famine in in- and is being dealt with at this moment before the revolutionary democracy is to dustrial products. The task that, es Indeed, it is causing another Cabinet establish a minimum wage in all in- crisis. The crisis last month was on the dustries, to fix the prices of all the prin question of foreign polies, and ended in the fall of M. Milyukoff and the estabcipal products of industry, to secure for lishment of the revolutionary democracy war profits and 1 reinvestment

the State the greater part of all future in the Government. Now the next stagen the businesses for repairs and improve- of capital of the revolution is being reached. The industrial crisie caused by the conflict bents. All this will entail a State cony tween capital and labour is foreing the rol over the principal industries, and reins of government still further out of at the present moment everything points the hands of the bourgeoisie and giving step in the regeneration of Russian in- in this direction. It is the indispensable them more and more to the proletariat.dustries, which have come to the brink The second cause, therefore, of the in of disaster as the result of the war and dustrial crisis concerns the economic the late Tsar's government, struggle between two classes of Russian is done it will be possible to guarantee When this Society This bas become especially oute to the peasants some of the necessities of since the war. It is due to certain peculife for which they can exchange the pro liar conditions In Russian economy.

(Continued at foot of next column.)

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