LOST SONS

Hokitika Guardian, 11 April 1930, Page 7

LOST SONS

DUNEDIN, April G

Relieving that her two sons who ficcl from Russia during the revolution might bo in New Zealand, their mother Juts addressed a pitiiul appeal to various parts ot /the .Dominion in the hope of finding them.

The lady is Mrs Iv. S. Sovaleva, who is now resident in Harbin, China, and her appeal, a printed copy o : which was received at the Town Hall, Dunedin, reads as follows: “Aji old mother worn out with age and the fatigues of turbulent and deplorable revolutionary times in Russia is hereby imploring you to lend he: jour kind and generous assistance in locating her two long-lost sons, Valentine and Sorgii Sovaleff, aged sixteen and fourteen years respectively. Inti, 1.919 my famiiv had permanently re sided at Kharkov, South Russia, bid due to the innumerable sufferings and the subsequent famine both my sons were compelled to flee with the retreating army of General Wrange!' and from that time on our contact was completely severed. What ait words-cold, impassive, lifeless? Couh. they express the depth of a mother - deepest sorrow and hopeless grief ii the realisation that life may end for her, homeless, abandoned, cast off, on of the stormy sea of life? Every elTon was made, 110 stone was left unturned, days and nights were spent in endless search for my boys in my own com: try.. It seemed all hope was lost. ■Sow fresh rifmours have arisen hart and there. Gossips were heard con oe ruing the boys which leave me to believe to hope anew that they may ye' be found in your country. But how am I to search for my beloved sons i; your country,, having no friends, n 1 fl-i.tives here —in fact, no one tmo-V, whom such an inquiry should b< made? But you, sir, you who haw the means of reaching the public u general, through the medium of youi esteem.’d paper--it is to you tnat ar old mother, bent under the uneudtriable sufferings, with broken heart al’one in this pitiless, unmurrain world, makes her passionate plea. H is- your benevolent, humane help that is humbly requested; in your hand rests the last hope of a grief-stricken mother. Print this letter of appen m vour paper so that your readers may read it. It may also cl,ance that even my own two boys nitgm read it or some other person per nip" who knows or has an idea of nn sons present whereabouts. Once more I LmU. you to print thin »Pl»a s'oread it in any way yon may -leer helpful, and may God bless and reward you for your kind deed. A;undying gratitude from the bottom. 0 Ml y heart will be forever yours.