Show jy J y FAMINE REPORTED SEVERE IN SWEDEN AND FINLAND vt n T en n L many carloads of food for man and beast have been sent up to the tarn fam ine sufferers in the northern part of 0 sweden with the money appropriated for the purpose by the swedish par diament and that raised by popular subscription in sweden and the united states the committee formed in chicago cabled 2 to the central committee at stockholm it Is hoped to collect in the united states reports as to actual condi conill eions conflict but it is believed the famine affects several huldred thou sand men women and children chi laren in sweden and finland A cable from st Pe petersburg a few days ago said finland peasants were either or threatened with tion the 1 illing lilling of everything by a combination of unseasonable rains and frosts deprived cattle as well as men ot of their food rendering it feces sary to ship enormous quantities of hay to save the peasants live stock the people not yet reached by the relief depots are reported to be mak ing bread of the bark of trees the map shows the di district in sweden north of the baltic in which the fam lie like Is most severe and the need ot of help most urgent |