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Show HORRIBLE PICTURE OF DYING CITY OF HALF MILLION IS PAINTED PARIS, Ocl 7. ( toy the Associated frees.) A graphic. e witness dc-s. dc-s. riptlon of the fearful conditions existing ex-isting in Petrograd s given by the flnnlah Red Cross in an appeal just issued to the Hed Cross societies of the wot Id. It is accompanied by documents docu-ments prepared by Prof. Zcidler, for-Imerl) for-Imerl) bead of the Petro'gtad Red jCross. but now a relugc in Flnlandi The documents, whicn reached ihe ll'arls bureau oi American Itcu Cross 'toduy. tell i ue sr.or of the agony of a dying city. Petrograd's present pop-Dlatloni pop-Dlatloni basod oi the toou curds, now Is from SKO.OOO to Sou, "00. ami the former capital of tne czar la described as having shrunk to one-fourth lis prewar pre-war sixe. i he report say a: cutn staiKS on every Bide waiting winter to aid in the grim work of mowing down the silent, hungry, sick and ayini thousands, xxitu streets and bouses choked with filth that in alreadj spreading upoiied anil Intermittent Inter-mittent typhus, in cold weather will unlah th, tttSK With pneumonia and abdominal t. plius. In. tuel situation was ncci so bad. Wooden nouses have been torn down tor fuel The material is dJstribufed snuauy amoug te populatiohi uut during dur-ing tne nignts the more active citizens sic. 1 1 ine iiuotu 01 wood I rum otners i I . IN'H ii Ml SUlLtAJti. Th- woou yard's nave oon nationalised nation-alised One ot them lias ocen given up entirely to iiie madufacture oi oO,- 000 coifms monthly. But even this number Is iiisdffloieiit. People have no time to bury tne dead, him the bodies bod-ies iu- tneir turn, waiting sovcrul days. Onlj cue important tramway lino is in vjj.. lion atid tlmt runs to the aiburns. m the center ot the city, either there is no street cars or tiiej run veo rurely un the Sadovoyu oniv ou I. ranc.ii line in operation. 'Attempts to repair the atrc-la, which arc lull of hoies owing to buist-.n buist-.n wutei iiis, ia.ii-.i I'ccaiisc the WOpd blocks Uesd to. pavement had been stolen during Uie night for fuel lighting la allowed oniy two half hours each daj and then not until all houses Uie supplied on 'lie liii-: furnished by the authorities. Keiosi tli COSTS 450 rubles a pound Tie r, are no candles most home.- .u iii darkness. There is no mean's of transporting things by waterway, because be-cause the bargee were long since demolished de-molished rot tuel. Tne railways transportation trans-portation is devoted almost exclusively to the distribution OI flour, unly HOO persons arc permitted lo Leave Petrograd Petro-grad dally by passenger train Workmen Work-men receive a bait pound of oread dally and aumotimea other food Is given. giv-en. The prices of foodstuffs continue to rise to incredible heights. Maiby products have almost completely disappeared dis-appeared from tiie markets. i" I ii-i iki OLOR "The mortalltj has reached a startling start-ling rate owing lo the lack of food and unsauitan conditions of bouses and streets Kat has left the majority of the population long ago. At prCS nt the muscular tissui is - onsumed. The faces of the people have taken on a death-like color. In order to fill their stomachs with something they drink different substitutes for tea SI d coffee, or gre;ii quantities of plain water, resulting lit pufflneSS a nd drop-Isy, drop-Isy, which clnanrre the expression of the f.,- e bo i hat n old acquaintances are unrecognizable. 1 The d'.cyy ut prop'-ny i? aided not 'onT- by ttie oo'ossol price? of materials 'and wages slightest repair wok coats not under 100,000 rubies but also b tile fhet that house poTterS are abolished, abol-ished, partly as u bourgeois project and partly because the porters are needed f'i wood cutting. .Xt present . -T ilionso.M arc lookcfl after by beggar: land committees bl communists. HQ1 8KS BE OME i n un i'"lndjCicribable dirt and filth 11 or every sidr within t!.' iiousc?. VVhei plunibing sets out of order it remalhi unrepalr-il Whole hoiiaos inromr fll th- from lop to bottom ajid It becomei lnionsible t" 1 i in them. Thosr ihouscs lire thOD barred sinrl tensntl mOve Into other houses which an nt gleoted In the K:une manner. "There is no fuel, no hut watei i bath6. no Janitor, doorkeeper or serV: ants foj cleaning arlH. streets, build-'ings. build-'ings. or for the removal .f .iih.ic Ths government appointed a special issnithry commission with sweeping authority, but the commission accom I'llslied nothing. Tin- coin nnniuii I houseel in a building where the rnnimp i plant is out of order and th. watei System and toilets not running 'Petrograd is facing dreadful phantom of epldomtps. Thousands sr already dying from spotted, Abdominal Abdomi-nal ami Intermittent tphus. dlsenten Spanish Influenzal; sin-ill pox, pulmonary pulmo-nary dlse;i5cp. hllllgi l ami h.i list IOI1 The li(.;tlthy people of Petrograd haw put fed faces and buggy eyes with sallow sal-low c ompleSions, The arc all suffering suf-fering from hunger and incipient drop-ay drop-ay (fro light ahOUl lv almost complete absence oi fal M ICT1MS "Tht; nospiuMs nee ovori'iowing WttY dropsy n.-iniiK nioviiN women, eiderl) 1 1 u null cnilareh. her ma is tuost (to-iu;ii (to-iu;ii mail ever us tne result oi weuk-cnlng weuk-cnlng or irum climb. ng steep steps. " i ne mlnistSi' of nc.iitn, apparent! realizing tne scrioUMich.i of tne situation, situa-tion, recently ordered ine inbbllisa-tion inbbllisa-tion of ail physicians regai'dless oi agi ior tne purpose oi uoinbuttlllg epi-lUemic epi-lUemic dioeubos. The Inteuttun o. oi-dicra oi-dicra with spoiteu and intermittent typiiu-i in i-i ..-iiiat'. in. i -opi iiliiH ol t hi ci- or ine (urges! military nospitali iior extiusivc ua- oi tne uriiij ihct-c are me hivongeiinc liospitul, ln Chrlstnuis barracks nospiiui and ini I L-;iisssevaky nospllai. the moral breakdown of tile MOpnlatlon is well Illustrated Il-lustrated in ihe nosji.u.is where mei ia no discipline sum lib can- oi patients. pa-tients. atlents aro token in thi hosplto.li Without u bain li thej wish to bl "arm while in bed awaiting operation tnej must iring iheir own oianlteti anu iur with thm. itoth the patienu ami tin- lnir medical piisoiui'l nn engaged in stealing warm coverings l i ni- medical attendants who are nol trained io treat tin sick, wbrh because Ihey arL. guaranteed army rations 'They are hungry, rough ami losy. L'nej rob the Sick, steal the propei l ot th hospitals, steal wood to take home unu help Ihcmschqs lo linen nightgowns night-gowns ami blank ts. Kaen physician nun l5u to -U0 patlems- iany art i uiiiing their heaitn contracting diseases dis-eases from the patients. Mil li in i lt.TIONS. In the mllltar) hospitals when there arc siirglcul Instruments, opera rtlons are performed in unhealed rooms. Uniost all ihe operations re-suit re-suit in compllcanons such as pni-umo-: nla and ulcers. Medical supplies an ! very scarce. There Is a scarcity ol al-cohol. al-cohol. kerosene and hot water Thert are oiil two thormbmeters for lot patlehtS Laundry and fumigating plants work badly because of leaking pll'c.-i "'ihe hospital food ration is one and ra half pounds oL'biack bread with o 'mixture of ea.is ur millet flour or corn flour. Bread i- scarcely baked. Foi dinner they serve soup with frozen cabbage, or potatoes with herring I'ood tor very sir i; consists ot bcel soup made mostly of horse meal which is Indigestible and weak. The seebnd meal consists oi a limited ciaan-tltj ciaan-tltj of gruel. Weak soup is the principal prin-cipal supper Patients receive no sugar or milk. These conduloris in Pcirograd hospitals and clinics are as Ireadiul us nightmares. i VNfT . I Ml UK IN i "The physicians say the scientific life of pf-trogrnd has slopped entlrel; It I- linjiossiblc to obtain chemicals, iii-dtfin, or medical Instruments llun-gry llun-gry professional staffa with 'broken down nervous systems and students running about aftci bread, are nStU-ii'11'. nStU-ii'11'. nut id position to devote their ;liout'hts in science. "There are no munuals whatsoever. All medical publications have, been li .'oii'.inMcd, il foreign medical pub-lli pub-lli itip'bS do not reach Petrograd. i'hai-luOi i'hai-luOi les make people wait three or four dns for medicine Some drug stores In not even hove distilled water." The report concludes us follows. "It Is Impossible to be horrified by I he scene In everyday life of the unfortunate un-fortunate inhabitants of Petrograd. It I Impossible not to be moved by their struggle with hunger, t lie weather, and bj the thouoaiv.l deaths occurring every ev-ery month, which threaten the Speedy dying off of the remainder of the population Of this former great Russian Rus-sian capita I " |