FAMINE IN CHINA
PEOPLE EATING LEAVES. CASES OF CANNIBALISM. w AoaooiMioii—By TaUcmujla—Copymln. PEKING, May 7. Serious famine is reported in Kweichow province. The people are said to be eating leaves. Parents are selling their children for a handful of rice, and in several villages, according to Roman Cnthlic priests, it is believed that there have been cases of cannibalism.—Renter.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19475, 9 May 1925, Page 9
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