Show HELP NEEDED IN CHINA three million people are arc on the verge of starvation now new york private advises advices received hero here say tho the famine ln in china has so far affected affect cil three mi million illon persons and that Is urgently needed for their relief A region of thirty three miles wado by nearly sixty miles long has been by tho the worst flood within the tha memory of man the people lost everything ery thing they had tho the imperial government has voted for the twelve devastey devast dev asted cd counties but it Is 13 a more drop in the bucket taking china as a whole this particular district flooded Is a small one but there also are famine conditions in other parts of china and tho the imperial government Is in such straits financially fl n anci anc ally lally that it la is very much t to a be ba feared that adequate assistance cannot bo iven aven |