34 RUSSIA THEN AND NOW 



of the Railways; the Chief of the Customs; the 

 Resident Consul of the United States; the Consul- 

 General, and your Commissioner. Then the train 

 sped away on its errand of mercy amid the cheers 

 of the populace. Under government direction 

 trains carrying food supplies were given right of 

 way, sometimes causing half a day's stoppage of 

 passenger cars. 



One train of cars was sent for distribution among 

 fifteen districts, among which were the following, 

 the names of distributing agents appended: 



Government of Orel Prince Kurakirt 



Government of Simbursk, St. Vevuline Mr. Rodionof 



Government of Nishni Novgorod, St. Sviashsk. . .Mrs. Masloff 



Government of Saratof , St. Atkarsk Mr. Shidlovsky 



Government of Tamboff, St. Fitkingoff Mrs. Bostrom 



Government of Tamboff, St. Tokahevka Mrs. Plahovo 



Government of Tamboff, St. Morshansk Princess Sagarin 



Government of Saratoff, St. Saltikovka Mrs. Saburoff 



Government of Orel, St. Babarakine Mrs. S. Pizareff 



Government of Skopino ; to Count Leo Tolstoy. 



I would direct attention to some facts bearing 

 upon the locality and the extent of territory 

 affected by the famine, the measures of relief 

 administered by the government and people of 

 Russia, as well as that given by our own people and 

 others, and will briefly refer to the causes of the 



