Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-02-28 | Page 1 | Ravages of the Plague

RAVAGES Of ' I THEPLAGUE I Two Hundred . Deaths H Daily in a City H -Near Harbin H M St. Petersburg, Feb, 2S Pel Chuan- M llntze, about fifty miles from-Harbin, H is being ravaged by the plague. The M deaths there arc reported to number H 200 dally. H The disease is raging at Kir.in, Hul- H anoho, opposite Harbin, and at Bo- H dune, 100 miles southeast of the Man- H churlan capital H Bread riots have occurred through- H out the stricken district. The for- H eign consuls are preparing to leave, Troopn have refused to march into H the plague places and martial' law has 'H been declared. H The Chinese emperor has v rcpri- H majulcd the Manchurlan authorities for H not having dealt more energetically H with tho situation. ,H The Far Eastern press is filled with H apprehensions of a recrudescence of H Boxerlsm. H