LIFE IN MOSCOW.
WHY A DOCTOR LEFT. INCOMH'WAS 1110, HUT—London, Sept. 29.
An authentic account of sidelights on Suviclism is related by a leading Russian surgeon wliii resides in Moscow, and whose income was half a million roubles monthly, of -Which "0,(10(1 was paid by the Soviet for operations in the military hospitals. Hi- desired to resign the hospital work on account of the distance In; had to walk to them. Consequently 'members of the Soviet, saying "Why walk?" presented liini willi a smart equipage and gave him a coachman. One of the doctor's last restaurant bills cost 800,000 roubles for four diners. Tip ultimately determined to quit the country. Kasily obtaining a passport on some scientific, pretext, lie was unable to get his wife's passport. They solved the rt'filculty by divorce—"l h > only thing," says the surgeon, "easy to get in Mos ; cow-" It was then a simple matter to find an Austrian war prisoner who, for 60,000 roubles, undertook a mock marriage. He took her out, of the country. The doctor and his wile are now re-unit-ed i.tf fierliiv
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 October 1920, Page 12 (Supplement)
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181LIFE IN MOSCOW. Taranaki Daily News, 23 October 1920, Page 12 (Supplement)
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