Show I i I Cholera Epidemic Spreads In China SHANGHAI July 11 An An epidemIc epidemic epidemic epi epi- epi- epi demic of ot cholera which has been severe from Canton to la is increasing sharply and large numbers numbers numbers num num- bers are dying every day An intense heat wave is sweepIng sweeping sweep sweep- Ing all aU China apparently speeding the march of the disease In the large cities hundreds of new cases are reported each day and many hundreds of thousands have re received received re re- Injection of se se- se- se rum Among the rural districts western Honan province seems to tobe tobe tobe be the hardest hit Virtually no medical aid is available and the disease is reported to be per percent percent i cent fatal The western division of ot the railway has ceased to function as a result of the epidemic ic and the people generally are |