20 per cent, of the new arrivals sent out up to the present to engage in Jewish colonisation work in the Ukraine are unfit for the work and are being returned to their old homes, says a telegram which has been received here from Simferopol. The Moscow headquarters of the Government Commission for Jewish Sottlement (Comzot) is being blamed for this state of affairs, not having taken sufficient care in selecting the new colonists.
The Crimean Comzet is also being severely criticised for not making arrangements for the reception of the new colonists. The barracks which should have been ready for them last year are still not ready, it is stated, and the motor-lorries which should have been provided to transport the new arrivals to the various places. in the interior of the Crimea where they are to be settled have not arrived, with the result that great suffering and hardship have been caused.
Another telegram received from Jankoy, in the Crimea, says that 15 per cent. of the new colonists who have come out there are ill and altogether unfit for colonisation work, and are therefore being sent back to their homes. Those who have been retained are being immediately subjected to careful medical examination and if necessary will be given attention and treatment to enable them to engage in the work. Day nurseries for the children of the new colonists are being hastily organised.
The Agrojoint is rendering a great deal of service by rushing motor-trucks to the places where the difficulties occur to help distribute the new colonists in their various places of settlement in the interior.
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