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Show I ' oo I Twenty-one Killed in ' Hunger Riots in a Fam- ine District in China r ; Hankow, March 3. Twenty -one per-'; per-'; .. sons were tramped to death at Shay-', Shay-', ang today when a horde of starving '. ' Chinese fought for the food which ; missionaries were attempting to rlis-tribute. rlis-tribute. Many others were injured. The work of relief is attended-with some peril to those who have taken supplies Into the famine districts as I" the natives in many Instances are mad from deprivations. Today a considerable amount of food stuff was received by the missionaries mis-sionaries who planned a systematic distribution. Their work was hardly begun when thousands of desperate men and women and children flocked to the scene when they learned that I there was a chance of their hunger bolng satisfied. An uncontrollable riot followed. ', Each fought for himself and the Si weaker went down and were ruthless- ly tramped The flditlng continued ras long as there appeared to be any. I thing to fight for. The missionaries were helpless. , t oo |