To the Editor of the "Norru-Cuina Datry News."
Sin,—-Permit me to request you to publish the following statement through the medium of your vsteemed paper.
For over a& month 700 Russians a continuing to suffer untold privations on board, the str. Eldorade, in crowded, filthy quarters, tortured by heat, hunger, insects and lack of fresh water which is being brought from a neighbour: ing island by being poured into beats and reaches the men in a condition half ways mixed with salt wat most unfit for drinking pure For over a month the str. Eldorade has remained anchored near an uninhabited island 17 miles away from the nearest inhabited place and, finally, when- the recent typhoon broke out, was torn away and cast about on the waves
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