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Show FAMINE 8UFFERER8 IN CHINA. Women Cooking Roots of Grass, Leaves and Twigs for Food. Shanghai. Captnlii Klrton, forolgn relief commissioner In tho famine camp nt Tslng-Klnng-Fu, doscrlbos tho regueo camp ns consisting of mat ihods arranged In rcctnngulnr groups, In street formation, two mllos long nnd a mile wide. In other camps in tho vicinity of Tslng-Klnng-Fu of nearly near-ly hnlf a million refugees 30 per cent ihow signs of distress nnd among 10 percent tho suffering Is acuto. Tho roads aro thronged with rlco peddlers. Womon tear up tho roots of grass for food and nro cooking loaves and twigs. |