AWFUL CONDITIONS.
FAMINE IN SHANTUNG. (Per Press Association— Copyright.) { SHANGHAI, February 9 Famine stricken families in the Shantung province are offering to sell their daughters for five dollars and many starving children are thrown away as buvers are not forthcoming, according to'missionaries, who are appealing tor assistance to stave off death by starvation of sixty per cent, of the populafinancial grants have been made by the Japanese Government and American relief societies. Huge gifts of eram w ere also sellt from • churia, and a special train carrying supplies in order to save millions from a lingering death. . ■ 1 . The famine is the worst in the history of the province. Those people who possess money are rapidly migrating: to Manchuria. Sickness and disease are spreading, and crops have not been planted. Thus, an immediate alleviation of the situation is unlikely. |
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 103, 10 February 1928, Page 5
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