Religious communities, synagogues, churches, and members of the clergy will henceforth be unable to receive or send mail, telegrams or money orders in the entire Kiev region. Western Union and Postal Telegraph clerks have decided not to accept letters or telegrams from religious institutions or their servants and also not to deliver the same to them. Each letter carrier when getting mail for all representatives of the above-mentioned categories is obliged not to deliver it but to return it to the general post office, where the letter will be stamped with a “boycott stamp” and returned to the sender.
This ban, which completely isolates the leaders of religious institutions, has made a terrific impression on the institutions affected and their leaders have appealed to the higher authorities expressing their readiness to pay triple postage. The appeal, however, was rejected.
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