PRISONERS IN RED RUSSIA

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 8, 4 October 1918, Page 5

PRISONERS IN RED RUSSIA

TERRIBLE PLIGHT OF OUR ]

COUNTRYMEN

HUNGER TORTURE IN A I FORTRESS , ■ !

London, October 2. J The "Daily Chronicle" publishes fur tlier particulars regarding the Englisl prisoners at Petrograd. 'Sic com* spondent's dispatch says that tlio com! mandant of tho prison found Mr. Mac l kie, V ice-Consul, the Ijritish ; cbaplainj and the correspondents of "the;."Climj icle," tho "Morning Post,", and tlii "Daily Express" confined in the poiiei prefecture, and ordered the guards til drive them back, • saying, "Let thdnj stifle! That's what's wanted." Suuj sequently tho overcrowding wan sc serious that the British and Frencl were marched through the streets tc tho Peter and Paul fortress, where ,th< commandant at first refused to admit viiein because tho cells were full Eventually they were immured ill { bastion. The noiV arrivals travorsinjjtlio corridors saw pallid faces-peering through the peeping-holes in tlio doors: Tho guards saiu they were mostly, ex! officers, most df whom had/ been ii prison for a month, and had never beei charged or examined. A foul stenclj pervaded I,lie prison. Tlio Englisl: and French were broken into group! of eight, and distributed among th( already overcrowded cells, which, lindej the old regime, held one prisonej apiece, but now hold' twenty. The pria oners were obliged to sleep on thi stone lloor. They were allowed to rcJ ceive a few parcels periodically, bill the food was then nearly all rotten, anc was discarded, though rations weri supplied only twice a week. Some ol the Russian ox-officers were absolutely literally starving. - ; | The English and French entered the prison on Sunday night, and no food until a small allowance of souf was made at 4 o'clock oil Thursday mAniiug. It was painful to see strond men trying to conceal their hunger) The correspondent's letter was disj patched the same day. 'It concludes j "It is, heartrending to see the prisoners straining their oars whenever th( clanking of chains is. heard, raising their hopes that food is coming. ITiej? arc afraid to light their solitary'candle] less they should havo" no light when the soup comes. What the future has in store for them no ono knows, ei dares to speculate."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . !

ON THE BRITISH NORTH RUSSIAN FRONT | (Rec. October 3, 7.30 p.m.) j London, October 2. - A British official report from North" Russia states:—"ln connection with' the capture of Ukhtitiskayß, one huu<! dred and sixty of the enemy were kill-j ed. Southern Karelia has been clear-; ed of the enemy except for two hiin« dred. newly-arrived reinforcements,! which have been' surrounded • south-| westward of TJkhtinskaya.' I —Aus.-N.Z,! Cable Assn.-Reuter. ' ,:j SECOND INSTALMENTOF WAR INDEMNITY TOM HUNS | (Rcc. October 8 S 7.30 p.m.) i Copenhagen, October 2. ? The second instalment ill gold df the' Russian indemnity has been received; at the frontier by,the R-eiclis Bank.—: Router. |

PRINCE LYOFF VISITING AMERICA ; MISSION ON BEHALF OP THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. j New York, October 2. i Tho New' York "Times" correspond* ent at Washington states that,prince' Lvoff, first President of the Russian Provisional Government, lias left Si-! beria. and is coming to tho United States for the purpose of explaining' what aid the Provisional ; Government needs. j Dispatclics to the State Department from Stockholm state that' passengers j arriving from Petrograd say that the living conditions in Petrograd and Moscow aro terrible: Foreigners' lives are. in danger. They state that there is semi-starvation, and cholera v is' raging in Petrograd.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. '