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Show uu FANATICSs NOT TO EAT, DJWOR SLEEP Tsaritsyn, Government of Saratov, Russia, Feb. 14 Fanatical scenes are witnessed here where the whole Greek Catholic parish is suffering self-imposed deprivations in consequence conse-quence of the holy synod's last order. The transfer of the priests from Tzaritsyn to the diocese of Tula was recently announced. It threw the parishoners Into a religious fenzy, and with Heliorus. the revolutionist leader, they vowed solemnly not to sleep, eat or drink, until the order of the holy synod's has been rescinded. Thousands of persons are cooped up In the church where service with light ed candles continues without Interruption Inter-ruption day and night. Many of the worshipers" are on the point of suffocation, suf-focation, and the suffering of all Is distressing to witness. Hollorus Is a peculiar character. In 1907, he was credited with loading the "Black Hundreds," the lower stratum of the reactionary forces, in Vorotezh province. Ho Is bitterly anti-Semitic and patriotic to a degree that has been described as insanity. |