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(1897) [MARC] Author: Jonas Jonsson Stadling Translator: Will Reason With: Gerda Tirén, Johan Tirén - Tema: Russia
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In another letter, written in pencil on a scrap of paper and
handed furtively to a friend for fear of the police, the
persecuted victims say:—

“Dear Brethren,—We beg of you warmly and with tears to
take this paper, either you or someone else who can cry out
loud. Maybe someone may hear this cry of distress in this time
of despair. They grasp us at present by the throat, so that we
cannot even call out so as to be heard.... A terrible
calamity has befallen us.”

A TRANSCAUCASIA TOWN.
A TRANSCAUCASIA TOWN.


The report of these atrocious outrages reached Prince
Khilkov in his exile, and he managed to despatch the following
note both to the Governor of the province of Kiev and to the
Minister of Justice in St. Petersburg:—

“Your Excellency,—I hereby enclose two letters which I
have received from peasants in Kiev, who are persecuted
for the sake of the Gospel. I send these letters to your

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