Another interesting development is that the Polish subjects in Russia
are being sent back to Poland en masse, and not at the rate of 4,000 a week which was agreed upon at the Treaty of Riga. The Bolsheviks evidently feel that the fewer mouths they have to feed the hotter ; there are said to be 30,000 of these unfortunate people at Baranovitch, the receiving station on the Polish Frontier; 80,000 are on their way; 300,000 are concentrated ready to be sent, and there are a million and a-half to come. It can be imagined what a strain this is on the Polish authorities. But they are said to be meeting the situation well, so that at least none of these people are starv- inf. Bet perhaps these are only the forerunners of the hordes that may come of their own accord from the real famine area if they can manage to cross the Ukraine. Then the unhappy Poles may indeed have a problem to face.
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