FAMINE'S GRIP.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 October 1920, Page 5

FAMINE'S GRIP.

uRAVE PERIL fN CHINA, I J££4£UN§ DEATH RATE, ■ tl Asia.—Copyiijni. Beceived Oct. 4, 8.25 p.m. Washington, Oct. 3. : ' Escorting to advices from Pekin, 90,900,000 people are suffering intensely c -from famine, and a thousand are dying i " **Ujf. flelp is urgently needed—Aus.- c NJS. CaWe Asm. i New York, Oct. 3. i The- Board of Foreign Missions of t the Methodist Church has received a t cablegram from Peking stating that i 30,000,000 Chinese are suffering from i '■ famine, and there are 1000 deaths daily, a :- A Tokio message states that it is un- i dcratnod. that Japan will supply 600,- c 000 bushels of rice to relieve the fam- t ine far China, the later paying through c ft loan. The. American Red Cross will take i immediate measures to relieve the s ■• fc'bJßeie. famine sufferers. t i -A cablegram from the American Am- s -bassador in China (Mr- Crane), stated I . that the conditions were most serious , and relief was most urgently seeded. < .General Kernam, American common- t dant in the Philippines, has announced i that United States army transports 1 upon regular trips from Matoila to China » will devote portions of their cargo space i for clothing for Chinese famine victims, e And will also pick up from South Pacific ) ports of call food collected by the i Philippines Relief Committee.—Aus.-N.Z. J Cattle Assn. c