. The War Cry . ons lying In their houses, wnitinc fordeath. You boo the hoapitnls into which una other sick ueonle are brought toreceive care, but there are no beds, linen ormedicine, and often no physicians. Tho pa-tients lie together on tha *oor ir, the uLuioutmisery. You also sea heaps of dead bodicH, noone having sufficient strength to bury them. According to an article by the Edi-tor of Steads Magazine, who has justreturned from a journey through Rus-sia, the main- causes of the famine arethe requisitions of food by the SovietGovernment for the Red Army. In1918, before the fir
. The War Cry . ons lying In their houses, wnitinc fordeath. You boo the hoapitnls into which una other sick ueonle are brought toreceive care, but there are no beds, linen ormedicine, and often no physicians. Tho pa-tients lie together on tha *oor ir, the uLuioutmisery. You also sea heaps of dead bodicH, noone having sufficient strength to bury them. According to an article by the Edi-tor of Steads Magazine, who has justreturned from a journey through Rus-sia, the main- causes of the famine arethe requisitions of food by the SovietGovernment for the Red Army. In1918, before the first big requisition,there was no shortage. After the firstrequisition in 1919, the peasantry re-fused to grow more than enough foTtheir own needs. Other requisitionsfollowed, and the sowing dwindleddown to a third of what it was in , and the Bolshevik misgovern-ment, with a drought, brought aboutthe present misery. By far thegreater part of the relief is furnishedby British and American By Adjutant Win. Kerr, Financial Representative ffVHE Territory of Alaska hag a Dawson City lays almost within the?*? line of about 26,000- miles, and in shadow of the Arctic Circle, and is thenil this distance Skagwav is the only capital and metropolis of the far-gateway through which the vast flung Yukon Territory. This settle-Yukon Territory can be. reached by ment rankH as the inner. ?^rfu? nndtrain or connecting steamers. widely known placer gold mining camp The rail trip from Skagway over the the world has ever known. Indeedsummit to White Horse is a distance here is the land of gold, of the mid-of 110 miles, and is one of the most night sun and the Aurora Borealis;interesting journeys imaginable, the here is the land of big game, thetravelers eyes all the way feasting moose, caribou, bear, big-horn sheepon the most delightful of scenery. For and mountain goats; here is the landthe first twenty-two miles leading out of mighty rivers, deep lakes, gush
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