SOVIET RUSSIA

Otago Witness, Issue 3595, 6 February 1923, Page 19

SOVIET RUSSIA

LENIN’S BREAKDOWN. LONDON, January 31. The Daily Mail’s Moscow correspondent says it is doubtful whether M. Lenin will live two months. He is suffering >rom sclerosis, accompanied by paralysis, attended with delusions similar to delirium tremens. RUSSIAN REFUGEES. WASHINGTON, January 31. Governor Wood, of the Philippines, informed the Government that 900 Russian refugees arrived from Vladivostock m small vessels. One boat capsized in midsea, and the occupants were drowned. The refugees are in a deplorable condition, having been four months at sea and short of rations. Temporary relief is being provided at Manila. NEW YORK, February 2. Two hundred officers and men of the former Czar’s Imperial Guard have arrived at Ellis Island from the steamer Madona, after three years' imprisonment. The partv claims refuge in the United States, but is held up for investigation. HISTORIC JEWELS. LONDON, January 20. It is reported from Moscow that the Soviet Government has decided to sell the major portion of the, Russian Crown jewels, says the Berlin correspondent of the Times. They include four rubies, wmch adorned the crown of the Emperor Constantine, also stolen treasures of the Pharaohs, including a pearl, said to he. according to the twin of that which < leopatra dissolved in vinegar and drank, and a gold bed belonging to the Tsantsa Anastasia.