Show MILLIONS OF CHINESE ARE ON VERGE OF STARVATION Massage Giving Details of Awful Famine In Flowery Kingdom Received Re-ceived from a Noted Missionary Mis-sionary Now York The American BIble do ciety has just received the following cablegram from the Rev John H Hykee D D the agent of tho society for China Notify all boards Shanghai Missionary Mis-sionary association 274 members representing rep-resenting nineteen bodies urges appeal ap-peal famine relief through all churches Million and Quarter starving starv-ing Refugees already flocked cities In district 3000000 destitute Many millions affected Many deaths already al-ready though five months suffering only begun General relief committee commit-tee representing all interests in this part East unite in placing work re Hot entirely in responsible bands Opportunity Op-portunity of century to impress China A special meeUng of representatives representa-tives of missionary bodies of the United States having work in China has been held In New York in response re-sponse to this cablegram and it was by them unanimously recommended that churches societies and individuals indi-viduals bo urgently requested to contribute con-tribute liberally and promptly to meet this emergency I |