THE FAMINE IN CHINA.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1020, 9 January 1911, Page 8

THE FAMINE IN CHINA.

MR. HWANG'S APrEAL FOR FUNDS. The Chinese Consul, Mr. Vung-liang Hwang, is still energetically engaged in his crusade on behalf of the sufferers by I the floods in Northern China. To date 'Mr. Hwang has been gratified at the response to his appeal, but at the same tim-e there, are three million of his fellow countrymen suffering in the depths of a severe winter, and he i.s naturally anxious that any charitably-disposed person who has an offering to make should do it promp.tly, as he'is desirous of forwarding the contributions in about a fortnight. At the same time, the Consul assures "contributors that his knowledge of the various relief committees formed will enable him to send New Zealand's contribution to the organisation which will be' able td deal with it most effectively. From file? of Chinese newspapers, Mr. Hwang learns that the flood broke the record oi ! modern tunes by four feet, and prominent: and experienced missionaries testify to the hardship the pool* sufferers are experiencing. In an appeal to the charitablc published in the "Shanghai Times/' the condition of the sufferers is set out as being of a truly terrible nature, and tho Chinese Consul appeals with confidence'to tho charitable of Now Zealand for aid for his distressed countrymen.