Show lB Bodies dies of 2000 P Plague ague Victims Victims' Are Burned I z T-r-z lt I cr x- x cs- cs r G t r r it t I X I I 4 LL 4 II 1 l f r 4 CA p I a t e I H I N A N Nr r Jw ff j i. i I k k J tw I r v w. J R C The Thc The Chinese e governments government's Leo eti ro o to stamp out the epidemic of 11 ua was demonstrated when the tho Wn Pu authorized Dr Vu Wu in barge Hr e of the tho native city dh of Harbin oburn two thousand coffins contain- contain a gg to e of e victims Owing Owing- to the thc fact that the tho earth is S frozen these were not buried and it is iS believed ed that they contributed to the spread of tho the disease Efforts were made to di dig mammoth tren trenches hes by b- dynamiting This p plan an however howe was not feasible In view of the bitter prejudice of the Chin Chinese against cremation it was not possible to adopt this extreme measure n until the arr arra arrival a of heavy military reinforcements rein reinS i Reports from Mukden state tO that out of cases caes two ninety died within twenty four four hours after the first syrup tom toms |