Sensation in Siberia.
A great sensation is being caused in Central Siberia by the amazing statements of a doctor named Buikoft. who has jnst returned from the island of Saghalian, Russia’s great convict settlement. Dr Buikoff asserts that infanticide is universally practised by the convicts, and is recognised as a local institution by the authorities. Unions not sanctified by the church take place on the arrival of every batch 'of copyicts. The men and women are drawn up in lines*. and the former ordered to pick out the partners which please them most. Under these conditions large numbers of are born, but; few allowed to survive. Some female convicts keep their first child, but the majority practice what is known as “ accidental overlaying.” According to Dr Buikoff, no fewer than 18 infants were done away with during the week of his visit; the cases being officially entered as “ accidental.”
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Manawatu Herald, 30 August 1904, Page 2
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149Sensation in Siberia. Manawatu Herald, 30 August 1904, Page 2
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