THE PLAGUE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8899, 20 August 1907, Page 2

THE PLAGUE.

Press Association —Copyright. New York, August 19. Three deaths from bubonic plague havo occurred in San Francisco Pekin, August 19. Sixteen deaths from plague are reported from Ilaidjas, in Southern Manchuria. Calcutta, August 19. The Indian Government states that the Plague Commission has decided that bubonic plague'is spread by rats. The vehicle of contagion is the rat iloa. Tho life of plague germs in the soil and floors or walls is of short duration. Government recommends tho destruction of rats, the improvement ot houses, tho protection of grain stores in order to reduce tho food of rats, the removal of the people to temporary dwellings, and innooulation while avoiding action calculated to excite popular opposition. Bombay, August 19.

King Edward, in a personal letter to Lord Miuto, expressed anxious concern in the progress of the plague. Ho said he was deeply moved when he thought of the misery endured by his Indian subjects with such silent patience, and earnestly prayed that further measures of Government will prove successful.

Lord Mmto in communicating King Edward’s sympathy to the public, o.’.plained the enormous difficulty of eradicating the scourge, largely owing to the people’s inability to understand Government’s sanitary and hygienic measures. Lord Minto added that the leading principle of the plague campaign is that the people must work out their own salvation, as Government cannot insist unreasonably upon the acceptance of their ideas of modern hygiene.