FAMINE IN CHINA.
CASES OF CANNIBALISM ALLEGED.
By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Australian and ti.Z. Cable Association
PEKIN, May 7,
A serious fainiue is reported in the Kweichow Province. People are sa:d to be eating leaves, parents selling their children for a handful of rice, and. in several villages, according to a Catholic priest, it is believed there have been cases of cannibalism.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 9 May 1925, Page 9
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