BLACK RUSSIA.
i HOW CONVICTfc SUFFER. By Cable. —Press Association. —Copyright. St. Pete.sburg, July fi. Enquiries into the tieatment of convicts employed on the. Amur railway construction reveal wretched conditions in the Hansdolny district. Prisoners were subjected to senseless cruelty. Many were suffering from scurvy, and the food was indescribably bad. One . man was shot dead for impertinence.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 12, 8 July 1911, Page 5
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58BLACK RUSSIA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 12, 8 July 1911, Page 5
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