DISTRESS IN RUSSIA.
(l»V I'I.I'.i'TIUC TM.KiSKAriI. —(MI'VltlOIIT.) Sr. Pirrei;si»n;<;, S-otemb-r U'.i. Si;\'KKK tf<) it s have <l"SlroV"d 11n; Rit-siau birley M'nji-i. an: starving, bosi'h'.s being iilili.te.l with i>l ;i■. The Government having refused io siijtjily !'l for i'u.j'.l jjram inim-nse tr.it.-ls of '••uiintry Uavu not bc'ii s :w.-i (hisyour. The clergy i" tht) rni-iil districts are joining the army of briars, anil the women an,- selling themselves. Tii" jf-M-uils are L !<■(>!llillit highly indr.riiant at the apparent iipathv of til - (;/ir, mvi t hree'ee total;.- tile law into Limit- ovu hands. stating they have support,!,''! liiot in luxury too lout;-. It. is oxpcci-oit that. the famine will be at if ln'iurht in .November, and the alleged reserve supplies of fond have been found to be non-exisiuut.
Ten thousand of the peasantry have petitioned tlie Czar for leave to emigrate from tie' eoiiiilry.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2998, 1 October 1891, Page 2
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142DISTRESS IN RUSSIA. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2998, 1 October 1891, Page 2
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