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Show Hunger Forcing Starving Russ to Eat Cats, Which Sell at $3 Appalling Condition Under Bolshevik Rule Reported Re-ported to British Government; Thousands Die Daily in Large Centers. . ON'DON", March 6. (British wlre- LIcps service.) Starvation prevails throughout Bolshevik Russia and Is killing off the population by thousandy. Diseases duo to undernourishment under-nourishment are rampant and food is so scarce ln PetroKrad and Moscow that cats sell readily for ?3 each. The undertakers under-takers cannot cope with conditions, as there Is not enough wood for coffins. The British government received these reports within tho Inst week from British subjects sub-jects recently returned from Russia. Their evidence Is unanimous that the food situation Is terrible and that If means are not found to alleviate it the inhabitants of Bolshevik Russia may starve to death. The Britishers say that tho plight of Russia is a direct result of the reiffn of anarchy and terror Instituted by Leulue and Trotsky. Thousands Dying Daily. They declare that the Russian problem has become a question of common humanity. hu-manity. Thousands are dying daily in Petrograd. Moscow, Kiev and Odessa. In Petrograd alone the deaths from famine three weeks ago numbered 200 daily. Typhoid, or "".lunger typhus," is carrying carry-ing off young and old everywhere and in Moscow glanders Is epidemic. There Is no fuel for lighting and millions mil-lions live In darkness after nightfall. The troubles of the Russians ure further aggravated ag-gravated by lack of coal and wood, which can he obtained only by the very rich or by t he favorites and parasites of the Bolshevik Bol-shevik government. Kremlin Now Wood Storehouse. The famous Kremlin In Moscow, according accord-ing to reports, Is now used as a hoarding hoard-ing place for wood, fuel and lighting materials ma-terials for the nolshevlk government. The Bolshevik food distributing system has fallen down and works only to the advantage ad-vantage of tho government and its supporters. sup-porters. Meat, milk and vegetables command enormous prices when they can be obtained. ob-tained. There Is a great lack of medicines and doctors. The Bolshevik paper money has no value in tho country districts and the peasants refuse to exchange food for It. STOCKHOLM. March 6. Typhoid 5 raging with increased force In Fetrorrr-'d, accordi:ig to nniees from that city. In one hospital K persnns die monthly. In the provinces the mortality is so great th:t the Bolsheviki have issued a secret order to kill the incurable c:.sc3, hoping thus to counteract the contagion which It Is almost Impossible to stop by any other m;.;ns. Itard'.y any medicine is availaniffi |