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Show Starvation, Disease and Hunger Force Down Exhausted Ex-hausted Swarms DEDBAOATCH, Thrace. Oc. 2 (By the Associated Press) Exhausted Ex-hausted by their slow and weary fllghti toward Macedonia, vast swarms of refugees who crowd tho country roads now face starvation and disease. Thousands will perish In the nexti few weeks. It seemed certain. In spite. Of all the relief workers can do. Scarlet fever broke out today and eholera and t phoid fever are spreading spread-ing because Of the utter lack of sanitation. sani-tation. Tho babies are the worst sufferers suf-ferers and the most pathetic. Thero is no milk. Many Infants have been brought Into the world! without medical attention In the camps pitched along the road. At1 Drama and Kavala the roads arel choked with weary refugees who face j starvation because they have no mills to grind their wheat. Outside of Dedcagatch, 20,000 refugee.1! are encamped In tents provided pro-vided by the Greek army. Fifty rhou-j Sand persons have been traellng afoot for 10 davs Most of them hae no food The cold has caused many I deaths. |