The New York herald., 1921-07-31
RUSSIAN REFUGEES I
IN SERIOUS PLIGHT
Princess Julia Cantacuzene-
Speranskey Issues Fresh Re-
port Of Situation.
CATASTROPHE IMPENDs
False Statements Contradicted
and the Remedies Are Fully
Outlined.

skey. chairman of the American Central
Committee for Russian Relief, received
the following outline of conditions Of
remedies suggested by the Central Com
mittee Of the Russian Red Cross. the
Union OF Zemstvos and the Union Of
Towns:
"Q) The number of refugees in Con-
stantinople and its vicinity including the
concentration camps of Gallipoli. Lem
noes and Chatalja. but excluding Serbia
and Bulgaria, is approximately $4,000.
"(2) Since the end of April the French
authorities had to reduce the rations
given out; the French natien. surely
could not be expected to give unlimited
assistance.
"(3) AS a consequence of the endured
hardships the weaker individuals are
dying the consumptives are the first to
go, the convalescents from typhus fcl-
low them.
Cost of Food II Small.
"(4) The cost of food in quantity
sufficient for one person does not ex.
ceed or francs a day.
"(5) The Russian relief organizations
have no adequate funds to meet the sit
uation all funds still on hand will cer-
tainly be spent in relief. but they amount
practically TO nothing there are no pros
poets to get any more funds.
"(6) The foreign relief organizations.
including the American Red Cross, which
have given great assistance to the refu-
gees. are now compelled to reduce their
assistance and are considering complete
withdrawal.
---"(7) All Of the present relief work as
a whole Is nothing but palliative. The
entire problem Is still unsolved and no
key to its solution has been found.
"(S) The refugees cannot find any
work, neither In Constantinople nor on
the islands. The few who did are but
lucky exceptions. There Is no work to
be found In Constantinople; this fiction
should be abandoned.
"(9) The refugees cannot leave Con-
stantinople. unless they 90 to Soviet
Russia permits to any other country
are refused to them. They cannot emil
CRATE II they want to.
"(10) The experiment which we tried
namely to organize emigration to other
countries where life Is cheaper has given
good results we feel confident that q.
systematic emigration together with a
regular distribution of the mass OF ref
ugees is the only possible solution of the
question.
"11) The French authorities all agree
as to this point.
Denial Made of False Reports.
"(12) There are people who say that
the Russian organizations do all they
can In order to prevent the refugees from
leaving Constantinople. This is not
true they never did anything to hinder
any case of sensible emigration.
"(13) No Russian organization, none
of the local authorities nor any single
individual could think of supporting the
return of the refugees back to Soviet
Russia. No one could guarantee in any
way their safety there.
"(1G As a result Of an investigation
carried out in the Balkan States 1t may
be taken that great number Of ref
ugees can be removed to Jugo- -Slavia
(Serbia), provided that financial aid
may be secured: without any funds such
a plan cannot be carried out.
The facts stated above lead to tho
following conclusions:
"A. That under the present conditions,
viz. no concerted plan of actions. the
impossibility of emigration at present.
the absence of Russian assistance, In
sufiiciency Of food and the reduction Of
foreign assistance a great number OF
refugees shall inevitably perish. They
should not lure themselves with illusions
based upon false news.
"B. That the methods of relief as
applied up to the present time have not
brought about anything like a solution
of the problem.
&C. That the necessary measures
should be taken now, without any de-
lay.
I'D. That experience shows that the
only possible way out of the situation II
toeH organised emigration.