FAMINE IN RUSSIA.
CONDITIONS BEGGAR DESCRIPTION. (By Cubic —Press As&oeialioiv— Copyright.) (Australian md N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received April 2nd, u.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 31. Professor Meredith Atkinson, of Melr bourne University, arrived in the 'rlauretania. He spent six weeks in tfeo famine regions of Russia, and declares that the conditions rivalled any description of hell. Cannibalism was rife in several cities. Bodies thrown out of houses at nightfall were seized by starving people who devoured the flesh. At Saratov he personally heard of a man who killed his wife and pickled her remains for eating-. The crime was discovered and the murderer shot. Typhus was spreading «t an alarming rate. Professor Atkinson expressed tho opinion that the only way to protest the rest of the world would be to throw a cordon round Russia, and prevent anyone leaving. Proftesor Atkinson is going to Canada to lecture.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17420, 3 April 1922, Page 7
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147FAMINE IN RUSSIA. Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17420, 3 April 1922, Page 7
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