THE LIBERATORS
JOY OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE
AT ESCAPE FROM TERRORISM,
LONDON, 22nd August. Dr. Harold Williams, writing to the Daily Chronicle from Kharkoff, after an extensive tour of the Poltava district, describes the intense joy of the inhabitants of the liberated towns after the terrors of the' Red regime, when no one was secure against raids, arrest, confiscation, and secret executions in the " terror chamber." The so-called nationalisation of trade transport had forced prices to fantastic figures, and driven goods off the market until Poltava was nearly starved, although there are hundreds of miles of glorious steppes around, everywhere richly cultivated. Harvest reapers are busy in every field, yet the price of the loaf at Poltava is five hundred times the normal figure.
The entry of the Guards And Cossacks into Poltava was a memorable scene. Women and children wept with joy, kissed the British General Holman's hands, and carried him on their shoulders. . .i
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 47, 25 August 1919, Page 7
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