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Show k lilQAQTFR A liaOAulLn Yang'sc Kiang Fooded anaiv!illions of Chinese in Distress Now York, Sopt. 20 An appeal for Immediate contributions to a fund for tho relief of famine sufferers In Cblna wafc sont out broadcabt in New York today by tho Red Cross. The appeal says of the situation in China: Official reports from China state that tho Yangtso river Is flooded from Hankow to Shanghai, that the river cities are under water and that raiiiB have submorged other great areas in mnny of the provinces. Gen-oral Gen-oral distress has followed and tho price of rico has readied an abnormal figure. Twonty-sovon countlos In northern Anhwol and Klaugsu have been devastated by the floods and latest lat-est reports Indicate an appalling condition con-dition throughout the Yangtse allo Tho official statements arc supplemented supple-mented by press reports to the effect thnt practically tho whole of the Yangtze Yang-tze valley Is under water and most of tho crops gone This catastrophe has come at tho very time when the people had hones of recovering from tho great famine of last year Tho river from Hankow to Shanghai Is dotted with bodies of human bpln and animals and the fields arc converted con-verted into an Inland sea. Even should tho flood subside In lime for the planting of a second croD of rice, tho destitution must be enormous. t The popuhtlon affected Is a larro j one. It Is estimated that betwopn 3.- , OOfi.OOO and 4,000.000 people live In I tho region devastated last year, and the present disaster covers many i tlmos the former area. The Chinese government Is taking steps to relievo re-lievo the distress and has appropriated appropri-ated bnlf a million dollars, but his sum will be inadequate. |