AN INJUSTICE TO RUSSIA.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2540, 14 August 1915, Page 3

AN INJUSTICE TO RUSSIA.

Sir—There is a notice in tho post ofnoes, that in. future 110 letters written in Croatian or any other uncommon language will be delivered to their destination. The languages stated in tho notice ill which it is allowed to write are: English, French, German, and Italian. Now. Italian ana German together aro not spoken by so many people as tho Russian language, and still tho Post-mastor-General (lie has signed the notice) puts the Russian language among the uncommon languages. According to the New Zealand "Official Year Book" of 1913, there aro in this country 352 naturalised Russians, and only 232 naturalised Italians. Gelman, being our enemy's language, is allowed, and our Ally's—although spoken bytwico as many people as German, and being the third most spoken language in the world (Chinese, English, and Russian) —is prohibited.

As while the war is on, letters .written in Russian will not be forwarded to their destination, I presume that letters written in tlie same language and Addressed to New Zealand will not be admitted hero; so all those born in Russia will be deprived of communication with their friends and relatives living in Russia, as it is not possible to find in every small Russian town or village iv person who can writo English. Bosides the inconvenience such a notice creates, it is an insult and an injustice to all tho people who are living here, but were born in Russia. It is also an insult to the Russian nation as a whole, because they, being our Ally, and doing 'their best to help to victory,' are entitled that their language is not regarded inferior than our enemy's.—l am, EX-RUSSIAN. Wellington, August 9, 1915.