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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 11, 1940.

THE DYING SOB OF 13 MILLIONS!

Under the main power station of the shattered city of Lwow, in Eastern Poland, there still exists an air raid shelter originally designed against German attack.

The dreaded Ogpu have chosen this shelter for the scene of their "Court of Justice,"

And here Polish officers, students, now being professors, lawyers are brought for secret trial,

The Ogpu do not arrest by day. They go about their work at night: and before dawn the prisoners have been judged, and condemned to death or misery.

Many of these prices, though official, are hypothetical, because the food they refer to is no longer obtainable, e.g., butter, sugar, etc.

Nor is there any meat such as beef or mutton. -

As the Zloty, standard of Polish currency, ceased to be legal tender in December, all Poles with savings be- came paupers.

Perhaps the aristocrats have been luckiest,

Almost without exception they were shot at once.

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Britain made many promises

For from this sadistic, mediaeval | Poland. court room there is no acquittal.

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The accused, as a rule, have had no they time to dress. They appear as were found (though nowadays most men in Eastern Poland sleep with their clothes on).

If the sentence is death, a Soviet bullet brings them merciful release from a life no longer worth living.

But if they are sentenced to impri- sonment and deportation they get one

glass of hot water a day, a piece of

bread every alternate day.

Those are the rules of the Court.

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the have obscured Other issues crescendo of misery in Eastern Poland

This was the country, Britain went to war to save.

Therefore Britain should know that even with spring at last on the way there are 13,000,000 Poles in this half are dying of of Poland alone who

starvation.

to

It will be possibly a long time be- fore the main promise can be redeem- ed.

In the meanwhile, there is one thing that the people of Britain can do, and that is to force their Government to see to it that the American Red Cross is allowed into Eastern Poland,

They are already in Warsaw.

Death has become such a common- place in Poland that it is hard to make people listen to Poland's desperate

A page you will not easily forget by DAVID WALKER

appeals: and Russia's fight against Mass arrests, far from diminishing, Finland diverted the attention of the have increased.

In the Kuty-Kolomyja district alone 5,000 people have been torn from their homes and "transplanted."

Stand in_the_station of Lwow, and from closed cattle trucks you, hear the cries, not of beasts, but of men and women locked up together for

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But unless something is done very soon hundreds of thousands of Poles will die in the next few weeks hunger.

of

After the intense cold spring is coming late to Poland The ground is completely frozen and there be no crops of any kind for months

to come.

can

Food has been commandeered from all Eastern Poland for the needs of the Soviet army in Finland.

Their clothes have been torn off and they have been dressed in sack- ing-so that when they arrive the Russians will realise how poverty- stricken everyone was in "capitalisare starving at this moment.

tic" Poland.

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Thirteen million of Britain's Allies

For these 13,000,000 a small group of British and Americans are working frantically.

A Pole sent to the Don valley, in Does it mean nothing to the ordin- Russia, can earn up to five roubles aary people of England that nothing

day.

This is not enough to pay for a meal, not to mention a bed.

Poles put to work in Poland earning a daily wage of:

are

Railwaymen and postman Postmen in country. Doctors and surgeons

roubles 5 .... 82 .10

bigger is being done? -

children Miserable, wizened Ittle are being born into a hell upon earth.

And even for those who are ployed a pint of milk costs more than a day's wage.

em-

If our original promise to the Pol- ish people meant anything it means that we must help these people now.

The neutrals know what is happen- And here are some of the currenting in Poland: and they are waiting

Labourers, mechanics, etc ...4-8

prices of goods:

Butter

Lard

Bread Chicken

Goose

Pint of milk

30 roubles a lb. 30-40 roubles a lb. 6 roubles a lost 50 roubles 120 roubles

4 roubles

to see what Britain does,

At the very least some form of Red Cross institution must be sent to East- ern Poland-NOW.

will If we do nothing our name stink across Europe: and not without

cause.

Bringing Up Father

NOW-REMEMBER-YOU CAN TAKE A STROLL. AS FAR ASˇUSCAYNE BAY-BE SURE TO GET BACK TO THE HOTEL.

WITHIN AN HOUR-

ALL RIGHT-MAGGIE- BUT I'LL HAVE TO DO IT ON A RUN - IT'S A TWO-HOUR

~ STROLL-

ANY

WELL-I'M NOT GONNA RUNNIN DO WAN SEE ALL .SWELL

ON THE

Over, 1940, King

By George McManus

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