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SYDNEY Mav 4.—Professor Meredith Atkii.su. de.-la.n-4 that the fpner'il E-bcv'id tlm Bolshevika was as cruel and l.iieir endue,!. of busbies., every' whit a's inefficient as had been reported As a Covm.ment 1 hey were far more ii-compi-lcnt ana much more addicted to rod tape and pcUii<i.;i;uiu interference than was l.ho Tsarist regime.
CAPTAIN SCOTT’S LETTER TO SIR JAMES BABBLE.
lON DON May 3.—Sir dames Barrio was installed as Rector of Id. Andrews University. In Ids inaugural address on the subject of ‘ Courage,’ bo Ted the. follow! lellev. hitherto unpublished, which Captain boolt wrote" to Sir dames Barrio from the Antarctic “Wo a.ro pegging out in a comfortless spot.. I write to you a word of farewell. \Vo arc in a desperate etate. Our feet arc frozen, wo have no fuel, and we are a long way iron, food" Bn' it would do yenr heart good to hear onr songs and cherry conversations.*’ Later Captain Scott wrote tho following words, which were difficult to read “We are very near the end. We had intended to fmeh, ourselves, but decided to die naturally.” The letter was found beside. Cap tain Scott’s body.-—Reuter
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Evening Star, Issue 17959, 4 May 1922, Page 10
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