FAMINE IN SHANTUNG PROVINCE
WORST IN HISTORY APPALLING CONDITIONS MILLIONS FACE DEATH. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright SHANGHAI, February 0. Famine-stricken families in Shantung province are offering to sell their daughters tor odol, and many starving children have been thrown away, buyers not being forthcoming. This statement is made by missionaries, who are appealing for assistance to stave olf the death by starvation of 60 per cent, ol tho population. Large financial grants have been made by the Japanese Government and American relief societies, while huge gifts of grain have been sent from Manchuria, a special (rain carrying supplies in order to save millions from a. lingering death. The lamine is the worst in tho history of the province, and those people who possess money are rapidly migrating tn Manchuria. Sickness and disease are spreading, and the. crops have not. been planted; Unis immediate alleviation ol the situation is unlikely.
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Evening Star, Issue 19787, 10 February 1928, Page 8
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149FAMINE IN SHANTUNG PROVINCE Evening Star, Issue 19787, 10 February 1928, Page 8
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