CHINA’S FAMINE KILLS MILLIONS

Evening Star, Issue 17706, 6 July 1921, Page 8

CHINA’S FAMINE KILLS MILLIONS

CHILDREN CHIEF VICTIMS. Deaths from famine in North China in the season just drawing to a close never accurately! will he reckoned (writes n Shanghai correspondent on May 20). The death rate is at its highest now, but will decline slowly and reach its minimum when the spring harvest is reaped in June, In the live affected provinces of North China a total of 21,100.000 persons were affected. Of these, 5.545.220 were on the list of the International Famine Relief Committee in April, and 1,115,000 more put down as deserving of succor if food could be provided.

Several millions have died during thr lalo winter and spring, but the mildness of the winter saved the lives of some millions of others, who, however, are very much under-nourished, and will be subject to the diseases which follow in the wake of famine, of which typhus is one. Prom Dr G. Douglas (tray, of the British Legation, who is one of the leaders of the International Famine Belief Commit're in Peking, a correspondent has obtained some startling statistics a.s to the fate of tens of thousands of children, who have been ,’-.3 chief victims.

Not only is the committee doing all it can to prevent the further -ale of children, but it is buying them back where possible, and preventing the older girls from being led at onto into immoral lives.