Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-24 | Page 16 | Resources of Russia Taxed

CO RESOURCES OF RUSSIA TAXED BY REFUGEES REFUGEE I P tro r rl l Dec Dee 23 The Tho Tho passage across the Russian frontier of or thousands of Rumanians who have abandoned their houses and property In the tho face of or the tho Invading Invading- Germans and Bulgarians Bulgari Bulgari- ans has cast east th the sha shadow lo loof of a new refuge rot ref age uge problem on tho Russian empire These refugees havo have been pouring Into Od Odessa Kiev Kley and other southern Russian titles cities In a destitute and helpless helpless helpless help help- less condition and present a problem which threatens to be more mOlO difficult than nn any which has affected a belligerent bellig bollig- I erent power since tho the Invasion In of Belgium BelI Bel- Bel I glum gium The magnitude of or Russia's Hussla's economic burden IB is appreciable when it is considered considered con con- eldered that tho the country has received already since sinco the beginning of oC the tho war wara war wara a refugee refugeo population far exceeding tho the combined l citizenship of ot the Scandinavian Scandinavian vian Ian countries while the resources of ot the lie country have bao been taxed to the ut- ut most to provide for tor the wandering wandering- peo pe peo-h peo elf pies whoso whose homes have fallen 1 enem enemy lines Jines and whoso means ot of livelihood ve live live- to are arc either temporarily or permanently permanently per per- 1 The Tho ho wretched condition of ot tho the refu refugees refu- refu f 1 1 gees has been steadily Improving it I th th through the systematic efforts of Russian government working through Ie the various refugee retus-co committees 1 t The rhe American relief committee headed head head- 1 M I ed cd b by Thomas working IB lii conjunction with the Tatiana commit commit- committee committee I hat nai h U c tee organized b by the empress mado valuable contributions contribution to the r rep TO- lief lIet work and IB Is now Holy devoting its one oner A files Bies to meeting meeting- tho the Rumanian ali 1 problem Temporary Temporal barracks and too have havo been established l at nil all distributing centers to receive e the In ln these coming Rumanians From to the hi the Rumanians will be sent ten or r