Evening journal., 1919-02-11
I0SRORS OF THE
White TERROR
Prisoners Of War Are
Starved to Death by Pro-
German Firms
DEATH RATE AZ
PER THOUSAND
By CARL sANDBFRG.

y. 4. A. stall correspondent, Who Has
Just Returned from Northern Europe
The death rate in the Finnish White
Guard prison camp at Ekenas during
tive months last year kept geing ap
till II was 4233 per thousand per
week. Most Of them died because they
got only half as much TO eat as they
needed TO live. That is TO say, tliuy were
starved TO death.
This Is no cheer-up story. II the
population OF Chicago get the same
dose at the same rate. the undertak-
srs would be hauling 100000 people a
week to The graveyards.
For Deliberate Cruelty They
Take the Prize.
For CHASTITY and deliberate cruelty
during the world storm the prize must
go to Finnish itmkers who, under Cen
eral Mannerheim, establish their White
Guard government and overthrow the
Peoples Republic Of Finland by the
use OF German battalions withdrawn
from the western front during the FIRST
six months OF 1918
On percentages, counting the fact that
Finland has only 100000 people. the
record OF firing squad executions OF ci-
Villains not accorded trial (estimated
above 10000. and the record OF men,
women and children starved in prison
camps iestimated above 10000 surpass
all records of frightfulness contained
in evidence concerning Belgium or
Serbia
II may be Armenia drippled with
more innocent blood and listened 10
more huran creatures dying with a
a.
mouths. But 10 is doubtful whether
from any other country has come such
specific and absolute evidence OF tncl
starvation Of thousands Of prisoners
as a method and because that msiliud
was The most convenient for the kill
inc of reople the Finnish Mannerheim
iunkers wanted dead rather than alive
In support OF these serious allega
tlons. / would submit first OF all ana
as only one OF a series OF relevant
memoranda, a report by Professor III
rerstedt 10 tine Finnish pro-German
White government. Some one secretly
copied the report and sent II TO h1al-
mar Branting at Stockholm, who pub
lished il in the daily labor paper, Social
Demokraien.
Braniing. strong anti-Bolshevist,
openly condemns the White Terror OF
Finland as far more bloody and cruel
than the Red Terror Of Russia.
After its publication in Stockholm
Professor Tigerstedt wrote the Helsing-
fors Hufvudstadbladet. declaring the re-
port as printed was correct but was
Intended only for the information Of
ihe Finnish government
Professor Tigerstedi, whose books on
physiology are used in some American
coueges. was head physician OF the
lrisOih-camp at Ekenas, near Helsing-
fors. the Finnish capital His points |
0led three and a half newspaper col 1
fnns
Here is an attempt at summarizing
the report. which covers period when
here was total Of 10000 men, women
lnd children in the Finnish prison
amps Of the White Terror:
From June TO July 81, the death
ate has been very high Per thousand
ser week have died: June 6-i2, $50;
lune 1919. 3 Sc: June 20-26, %; June
81 to July 3. ti60; July i-i0, 1887
July n-i7. 1916; July 1924, iiti; July
e5-ai 4223.
The total. OF prisoners varied from
6027 to 1897. In this period 1871 pris-
oners died and the death rate rose 10
iol. In the last week OF July the
death rate was seven times higher than
The second week in June
-Typhus patients In hospital aver
aged 40 10 30 per day Deaths from
smallpox averaged to i3 per day and
from measles TO per day The rea-
son for the high death rate, therefore,