The great hardships suffered by the Jewish population in the famine district of Bessarabia were described in a report of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent who is now visiting the famine district.
In Tatarbuner, 200 of the 450 Jewish families in the town are compelled to seek help. Ninety families are living entirely on food obtained from the soup kitchens. Among the 250 families who do not seek aid, many suffer in secret, not wishing to reveal their distress.
A similar state of affairs exists in the town Romanovka, once the seat of many wealthy Jewish families. In the Jewish colonies nearby over 80 families are suffering. They are being aided by the Jewish Colonization Association. The colonists are in a better position to meet the difficulties than the residents of the villages.
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