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had at least the satisfaction of assisting to console the widow
for her loss.
It must he clear to all, from these facts, that the bad crops
were not the real cause of the great famine, hut simply the
incident that made the chronic need apparent; the destitution
itself is due to the causes indicated.
“Unless we are willing to let dust be thrown in our eyes,”
says the prominent Russian Professor Issajev, “we must admit
that under other conditions of civilisation and development, with
a wiser use of our natural resources, we should not have
left so wide a breach for the devastating forces of nature, such
as the direction of the winds, the scanty rainfall, and the
consequent drought.”
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