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Show SIIOJUIEIS FAMINE IN CHINA CAUSED BY DESTRUCTION OF CROPS THROUGH FLOODS. Thousand! Have Left tht District While Many Prefer to Die In Their Native Place Rather Than Face Unknown Conditions. Shanghla. Present report confirm earlier advices of the suffering from famine In a district In the northern part of the province of Anhut, north and east of the HwhI and Kwo river, about 7,00 square mile In extent and rontainlnit a population of approximately approxi-mately 2.500,000 people. The famine was canned by the destruction de-struction of fall crops through Hoods resulting from the heaviest summer rainfalls on record. Thousand) of refugee hae left tin' district, but many of those unsure of securing support elsewhere, tiro remaining, re-maining, preferring to die in their native na-tive place. It Is estimated that a million farm-em farm-em will be dependent upon charity for their existence until the spring crops. The people have been left so poor that they are able to sow only one-third one-third or one. half of the usual amount of wheat. It will thus lake several year for the region to recover. It Is expected that the government will send relief. Chinese and foreign ro-llef ro-llef commit tees have been orgai.ed. |