RUSSIAN FAMINE

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 278, 18 August 1921, Page 5

RUSSIAN FAMINE

AN APPALLING CATASTROPHE GUARANTEES REGARDING RELIEF NEEDED By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. August 17, 5.5 p.m.) London, August 16. Referring in the House of Commons to tho Russian famine, Mr. Lloyd George said it was difficult to get accurate information, but tho news pointed to the most appalling catastrophes which had visited the world for centuries. They must, however, have complete guarantees . that tha relief would reach tho sufferers.. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. 35 MILLION~~PEOPLE AFFECTED ‘ GREAT MASSES IN FLIGHT. (Rec. August 17, 9.10 p.m.) London, August 16. j Replying to questions in tua Hous® ■ of Commons, Mr. Cecil Harmsworth • (Under-Secretary for Foreign Affaire) ; said th\ British official agent in Moscowhad just reported confirming the extent i and gravity of the Russian famine. Thirty-five million people are affected, , and the number is constantly increas- , ing. Large masses are trekking to Poland, j Turkestan, and Siberia, in an attempt ’ to escape from starvation. Poland could ■ f not accept the refugees, and those going in tho other directions faced the diffi- . culty of crossing foodless and shelterless 1 steppes. Nearly one-third of the trekkers . consisted of foodloss children in a most j pitiable condition. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TERRIBLE MORTALITY OF CHILDREN; (Rec. August 17, '9.10 p.m.) Berlin, August 16. Parents in Samara, on the Volga, 650 1 miles eastward of Moscow, are leaving their children on the doorsteps of Soviet ' officials and institutions. A children s , colony has been established, to which .■ waifs and strays are sent, but the mortality therein is appalling. It amounts to this, that they are gathered uD from the streets in order that they snail not die before the people’s eyes.—Aus.-JS.Z. Cable Assn.

DR NANSEN TO HEAD AMERICAN RELIEF COMMITTEE. London, August 16. A telegram from Herat states that Dr. Nansen has been appointed head of tn. American Relief Committee in Russia. Aus -N.Z. Cable Assn.