MISERY IN CHINA
MILLIONS STARVING CIVIL WAR CONTINUES : ; * SYDNEY, Jan. 30. Mr. E. Ainsworth, formerly of the Asiatic Petroleum Co., arrived from China to-day. He declared that China was faced with the worst famine for many years. Five provinces, were stricken and it was likely that 10,000,000 Chinese would perish of starvation. The three parties had combined to form a Nationalist Government at Nanking, and were doing their utmost to create order out of chaos, but the prospects of famine in Shantung, Honan, Shansi, Shensi and Kansu were awful. Roots, leaves and bark were being eaten by the inhabitants. To make matters worse, civil war was continuing in various districts, Mr. Ainsworth, with his wife and three daughters, lived for many years in Honau. They are now going to take up farming in New Zealand in order to escape from the misery of Chinese surroundings.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16865, 31 January 1929, Page 7
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