FAMINE-STRICKEN CHINA
THIRTY MILLIONS STARVING.
RESORT TO CANNIBALISM.
(United Service.* (Received 11.22 a.m.) PEKING, May 21
Cannibalism has Become a common experience in the famine-stricken province of Kensu.
According to reports received here, the starving populace fell upon a band of 35 brigands, killed them and ate their flesh. ,
It is estimated that 30,000,000 are now reduced' to famine level in China, chiefly owing to drought, but also on account of military activities preventing the transport of grain to the distressed regions.
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Northern Advocate, 22 May 1929, Page 5
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