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Show Millions Starving In China Hankow, China. It is estimated that a million persons out of a population popu-lation of sixty million are starving in the province of Hupeh. In the province provin-ce of Hunan, a smaller proportion of the populace is in distress. There are plentiful supplies of foodstuffs in Honan, but owing to the tieup of the railway because of the military situation, situa-tion, they cannot be sent into .the stricken districts. There is sufficient freight lying on the sidings awaiting shipment to tax the full capacity of , the railroad for six months, but the militarists who are in control of the line are demanding $600 for each car they release, not including the regular freight charges, t |