FAMINE
IN CHINESE PROVINCE,
PEOPLE EATING LEAVES
CANNIBALISM REPORTED
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT,
(Received May 8, 8.50 a.m.) PEKING, May 8. A serious famine is reported in the Kweichow province. People are said to be eating leaves and parents selling children for a handful of rice. In several villages, according to Catholic priests, it is believed there have been cases of eann i balisin. —Renter.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 8 May 1925, Page 5
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64FAMINE Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 8 May 1925, Page 5
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