RUSSIANS MEET ANZACS.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 1916, Page 5

RUSSIANS MEET ANZACS.

GLORY AT ONE BLOW. DEAR DEAD OF GALLIPOLI. (Times and Sydney Sun Services). London, March 11. In bitterly cold weather, and slushy under foot, the visiting Russian journalists, at Mr. Fisher's invitation, and accompanied by the Agents-General and a number of leading British and Australian journalists, visited .Borstal Heath, the Australian convalescent depot, where 1,000 Anzacs paraded before Ihem. Because of the doings of the Australians against the Turks, Russia's hereditary enemies, the dramatic aspect of the affair was felt by everybody present. Before the march-past, which took place in drizzling rain, Mr. Fisher intro. duecd the visitors, and emphasised the great and common bond that existed between the Russians and the Australians to defeat Germany utterly. Sir Xewton Moore, who is in command of the depot, permitted the men to cheer and eoo-ce lustily, and later on, in the ofiicers' mess, M. Eeoroff, the proprietor and editor of the great Petrograd newspaper "Novoo Vremya," made a speech. He said that the Australians had, by a single achievement, won the glory of a place In history which had cost' the older nations many centuries to attain. M. Chuvovsky, representing the Moscow Press, said that Russia regarded the Australian graves in (iallipoli equally as dear as those of her own sons. ' Mr. Fisher urged the Russian Press lo send representatives to Australia. Several of the Russian journalists insisted on remaining till night, conyers!i"K witU the Anzacs.. ' ~ *