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Show oo MILLIONS ARE STARVING TO DEATH An appeal has been received by the mayor of Ogden, asking aid for the starving people of that part of Chlm which la suffering of crop failure The figures giving the number of the fam n. stricken are almost beyond the imagination. It is estimated that in the five provinces of fhilii. Shantung, iionan. Shansi and Shensi, between 40,000,000 and 45OOO0O0 people are dl rectly affected. It is the greatest tragedy trag-edy facing humanity today and it ifl Just beginning. All indications point to a growth of suffering and an ln- rasin loss of life at lrasi through next summer. People are dving at the rate of 200u a day and parents are selling ilieir children for a few dollars with which to get food. Those who are without funds are eating roots, chaff, bark and tree leave? Cholera has appeared The 1 hlnese government is said to be somewhat indifferent to the fate of its people Pressure should be ap plied from the outside and the government govern-ment should be invited to issue bonds secured by customs duties, the proceeds pro-ceeds to be applied to feeding the starving. These great calamities throughout the world should not be answered by an uncertain appeal to Individual char Ity, The emergency should be met as is war by the Ponding of the future. |