RUSSIA'S STARVING HORDES.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 187, 8 August 1921, Page 5

RUSSIA'S STARVING HORDES.

"; SAVAGERY CF RED TROOPS. I POISON GAS AT MOSCOW. FORTY-SIX MILLION STARVING ißy Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) i j _ (Received 'J-M a.m.* LONDUN, August 7. I Announcement in the Soviet i're=s conuim. vie appalling =«- L er> of cholera, llley auiult tiiut tueie are iov» 7 0U0 uaaea ot cuoiera affevtlllg -4 ureas. Failure oi the cn.ps in central Kussia I 1 threuions lururaix" millions with iumiue. !J A sensational iieiMngtors report J affirms tliat strong military cordons aurI round ilosto-w, using a poison gas bari rage to keep the reiugees. out. ;|' iJorder corresponileilts wire that the , ' Red troops are savagely opposing the . migration of the starving population. , Fearful scenes are reported in tne Volga districts, where the majority of the inI habitants are subsisting on acorns and The frcnevn Red Cross Committee pro- , poses the formation of a central international relief organisation for the direc- , tion of all relief efforts.— ("Times.")

i HOB.DSS OP REFUGEES. IXEEING WEST AXD EAST. LONDON, August 7. Advices from Helaingfora state that Soviet representatives declare the stories of famine to be exaggerated. They admit that the population in a number of districts are fleeing to other provinces in ' search of food, but den- that there is insurrection at Moscow and otiier towns, or that a general mobilisation was > ordered. Meanwhile sensational reports con- , tinue to be received that hordea of refugees, chiefly from the Governments . of Samara and are lleeing both ' west and east. Reports declare that the military cordons round Moscow are using r poison gas to prevent fugitives entering the city. The Russian Legation denies that the ' J Red Army is. invading Aaia Minor or that . I Brusjiloff i≤ negotiating with Turkey and' . other Oriental States. The Legation declares that the Russian Government will in no wise interfere in the Turko-Greek ; War.— fKeuter.) MEASURES FOR RELIET. ;

. • LONDON - , Aug-ust 7. It is learned that Mr. Hoover i= insisting on negotiations with the Russian •■Soviet Government itself instead of the relief organisations before extending American aid. believing the .Soviet is tiie oniv agency capable of guaranteeing j safety and freedom for relief workers, j "lA. and N.Z. Cable.l j HELP FROM TRADE UNIONS.! j AMSTERDAM.' August 7. j International delegates of Trade Unions have been invited to confer in Berlin on August 13 a= to the best means whereby Labour can assist the Russian people.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)