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Show TEiBLEPICTOI OF PETROGRflD IS sue? professor: City Suffering from Effects of Famine, Cold, Disease and Robber Gangs LONDON. Jan. 27. Potrograd is described de-scribed as a city suffering from fam ine, cold, disease and robbery in a report re-port just made by Professor Zeidler, president of the Russian Red Cross society, who has investigated conditions condi-tions in the capital. "Owing to the want of fuel the capital capi-tal is becoming a desert," he says. "In a few houses only there are still r-ome inhabitants and even these generally live in their kitchens. Famine conditions condi-tions in this city are terrible, if the population had not already accustomed itself to feeding on what people in normal nor-mal circumstances never eat at nil, they would have no food whatever-Spotted whatever-Spotted typhus and Spanish influenza with various complications have put an end to tho sufferings of many unfortunate un-fortunate people. "The authorities are powerless to guard public safety. Gangs of robbers are Kt work in the deserted quarters ofj the city carrying off all that may have been left after the searches made by the red army " oo . |