RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
HUNDBEDS OF THOUSANDS STARVING. PARENTS SELLING THEIR DAUGHTERS. St, PjßTEiisiiriiU, February 1. Owing to famine and disease in Kazan several parents sold their daughters for from six to twelve each. The Shislikoff Zcmstyo lti-lief Commissioner stales that hundreds of thousands are on the verge of starvation, and two million persons are dependent on charity.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 4 February 1907, Page 3
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56RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 4 February 1907, Page 3
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