GRIM DILEMMA

Northern Advocate, 28 January 1922, Page 5

GRIM DILEMMA

MILLIONS MUST DIE.

COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED.

FAMISHED RUSSIANS.

(Received 10.15 a.m.)

GENEVA, Jan. 26.

Doctor Nansen made a despairing report to a meeting of the .International Committee for relief of the Russian famine. . He> said that millions of people could have been saved if the Governments last September had done what was asked of them. Now it was too late. Millions must die, whatever the Governments did. He warned relief agencies of the necessity of choosing simple foods, because rich foods would kill people whose digestions were weakened by famine. Grain was the best food. They were confronted with an awful dilemma, however, in the distribution ■of grain, because it was needed botK for sowing and feeding the people* Sowing was essential to prevent a worse famine next year. A terriblo choice must be made in selecting particular districts to be saved.

Doctor Nansen mentioned that the total gifts of the Governments to the Red Cross amounted to £1,220,000, sufficient only to feed two million people. —Reuter.