AGONIES OF SIBERIAN EXILE.

Patea Mail, 15 February 1882, Page 3

AGONIES OF SIBERIAN EXILE.

Thu hollowing is an account oh Siberian exile taken from » journal published in llussia, the Moscow Courier : A common convict knows wind, lie is transported for; his term of imprisonment is told him by In's gaoler. These wretched political prisoners know nothing. They are left in anxiety and despair. 'These are not the only sufferers. From Kiren.sk writes a political prisoner ; <; We arc nine here—all exiles; one of our number lias just been .sent away. His wife Mdme. Belief!’, remains in hospital, mad. The exile of her husband further into the wilds of .Siberia drove her out of mind,"

From another place, a political exile writes; “ The arrival of a fresh exile from Russia today has completely unhinged me. I work as a smith, receiving a shilling a day. When I earn nothing I live on potatoes and onions. When I work in the field I often think of the luxurious days of my childhood, when I had no thought of labor.*’ At Balagan.sk an exile, who was once secretary to the Odessa Corporation, keeps himself from starving by carrying about water at so much the bucket. His wife is at Ekaterinoslaff, and his children arc scattered about Russia. "Everywhere at Balagansk,” one writes, “ may be seen anguish, and what is worse, almost actual starvation. At Popitch the exiles have no money to live on. At Belsk there is a student glad to earn fifteen shillings a month, At Verknoyarsk twelve exiles live huddled together in a tent. These are often without food."