The Washington times., 1921-06-23
MOTHER STARVES
/ in RUSSIA; SONS
MONEY T00LATE
Horror Of Bolshevlst Rule Told
In Letter to U. s. From
Hungry Survivors.
sy I.s.-.ans-aI View. Service.

| wILKDSBARRE. Pa. Juno ss.-The
horrers OF life In Russia under the
Boishevist regime are more terrible
than they have been pictured by
pewspapsr correspondents.
Starvation is' gripping the young
and old. Women and children are
slowly dying OF hunger. Their suf-
fering IL terrible There 10 little or no
help.
Jews are the particular subjects
for vsnomous attacks and persecu-
tton-
such II the tale coming through
from Russta In . letter to Louis
Ooldstein- tailor. OF t31 South Main
street this city. from his relatives.
Ths letter peints picture Of the ap-
paillng conditions In Russia
SLOWLY CrARvE TO DEATH.
Goidstsin 10 Informed Of the death
BY starvation OF his mother, his three
uneies and an sunt This 10 the first
letter from his native home in four
years It was written By two broth
srs. who live In Rovno. The victims
lived In Nichudnov. q village of the
hands of the Bolshevists. The victims
sold their home for 1.5O0 rubles and
started for Rovno In the hope of get
ting passage to America. The distance
between Nichudnov and Rovno is 17b
miles, and II required almost two
months for them 10 make the jour-
ney. walking most of the way.
They set out in the winter and had
to contend with the severe February
weather. They had secured passports.
bot when they reached Revno they
yers told . mistake had been made
and another Goldstefn family had
been meant A telegram was sent
Louis Goldstein, of this city. and he
sent money through relief agent,
but II came too late The letter just
received follows:
Mother died three days after re-
ceiving your money. II was too
late: she died of starvation. She
had not eaten in eight days, and
her system was dried out In her
dying moments she moaned that we
should pour oil down her throat.
~ she was being burned alive. She
vas shriveicd form when abe
died
MONEY II WITHOUT VALUE.
with the money you sent us we
were able to give her a proper
funeral, and we were envted by
others, because Il is something rare
nowadays. Had she been buried in
Nichudnov she would have been In
teYred In rags, as there even the liv-
ing wear only rags. Don't fret that
mother died; she Is better on than
We are
I'VE are hungry. and there isn't
anything to buy. even with money.
Blood Is the cheapest thing In
Rovno. 1t Is spilled on the street
every day.
The Jews In Rovno have TO hide
themselves from the Poles. and there
are few places to hide.
The Poles kill us on the streets.
IF there Is a Christian who offers
his home for the Jews protection he
himself Is punished
"Organi1ed bands OF rufYians offer
ten rubies, or a pound of salt. as a
prize for every Jew offered up to
them A pound of salt Is worth
twenty-five rubles. SO you can see
the plight we are In"
The brothers tell the pathetic story
| of a young woman. a cousin: who is
dying q slow death. with her daugh-
ter of starvation
she used to serve at Simches'
celebrations. but there are no cele-
brations in Russia any more. So she
is starving. She appeals for help to
her husband in America and begs
him not TO forget her and their
little daughter"