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Show MONEY NEEDED FOR FAMINE SUFFERERS SEATTLE. Wash., April ?7. The Shanghai News of ApHt 2. Just received by stenmer, rrvs of the fnmlne: El?ht hundred thousand people face dentil from stiryatlon In tho northern part of K Ian ten" proving, a fow hundred miles from Shanghai, and 800,000 more sire In th p.-irne pitiful condition In North ; Annul fti-irdinsr to a report Issued DJ thH central China famine relief committee. commit-tee. The revolution, while It increase! the distress, probably decreased the attention bestowed upon It and some) have believed . that the establishment of the new r-publlc r-publlc bad made external assistance unnecessary. un-necessary. The financial condition In which the ChlneSe government finds Itself at the present time, however, m.ika adequate help almost Impossible On'y about 10 par cent of the ufferilUfc aci ordlng to the BStlmatee of workers In The famine urea. Is now be In if relieved, and the need for more money Is therefore urgent. |