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Show uu PITIFUL SCENE ABOARD VESSEL Russ Refugees' Quarters Remind Observer of 'Floating Hells' SEOl'L. Korea, Nov. 20. (By the Associated Press.) With bitter cold approaching in northern Korea the condition of the 7000 Russian refu-i refu-i gees at Gensai) is pitiable, according j to arrivals from there. Those ashore sleep on the bare 'ground or under clapboard sheds, while the crowding abonrd tho ships in tho harbor Ifl reminiscent oi the '"floating hells'' of the old galley slave days and the Australian convict hulks. Aboard the Eldorado an old 1200 ton vessel, more than 1000 men are harbored, har-bored, Fome on decks, others below The latter sleep seven men to the berth, taking two hour turns at lying down. At Gensan. the severely wounded among the Vladivostok exiles are Beg regated, tho convalescent and ailing are crowded with the rest. The sanitary sani-tary arrangements are so inadequate that an epidemic spems certain Tho prousloDs of the ships practically are, exhausted. Men are offering to work for a pound of black bread and a cup of J tea. but no work is available. Chang Tso-Lin the military dictator of Manchuria, still refuses the refugees refu-gees passage through Manchuria. Lo-j cal authorities at Gensan are unable to find a time for the refugee's depar tare. Meanwhile the destitute Rus-sians Rus-sians are selling their paltry effects to ( e.bt a in food. One of their officers' committed suicide. |