HUNGRY SYRIA FACES EPIDEMIC OF TYPHUS LONDON Aug 12 A 12 A Times correspondent correspondent correspondent cor cor- respondent back from Syria writes concerning conditions there The state of ot th the people of ot Syria Is past all belief It is estimated from 60 to have died from starvation tion The Turks are removing large sections sections of or the population and in some there are no Arabic speaking Christians left The epidemic of typhus is gaining everywhere and and a great many Turkish army doctors have succumbed Many civilian prisoners mostly British also have contracted t typhus There is great scarcity of ot drugs and antiseptics The Germans have taken careful precautions precautions but the disease is gaining