MILLIONS MUST DIE.
RUSSIAN FAMINE CONDITIONS. DR NANSEN’S REPOST. REPROACH TO CIVILISATION. Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyright. GENEVA, January 26. (Received January 28, at 9.20 a.m.) Dr Nansen made a’ despairing report to a meeting of the International Committee for the relief of the Russian famine. Ho said that millions of people could havo been caved if the Governments last September had done what was asked of them. Now it was too late. Millions must die, whatever the Governments might do. He warned the relief agencies of ’ the necessity of choosing simple foods, because rich foods would kill people whoso digestions were weakened by famine. Gram was tho Ibest food. They were confronted with an awful dilemma in distributing tho grain, because it was needed both for sowing and for feeding the people. Sowing was essential to prevent a worse famine next year. A terrible choice must bo made in selecting particular districts to bo saved. Dr Nansen mentioned that tho total gifts of tho Governments to tho Red Cross amounted to £1,220,000, which was sufficient only to feed 2,000,000 people.— Reuteit
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Evening Star, Issue 17880, 28 January 1922, Page 7
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