Show RICE FAMINE IN philippine ISLANDS civil taliu ps to prevent aguot Aiu ot poorer people it is believed that president roosevelt s order permitting foreign vessels to em lagein lage in coastwise trade th through ough islands will relieve imi im mediately inedia tely the inter insular freight situation and will improve and lessen tile eust cost of rice in which article a famme is is threat threatened ered the civil co commission I 1 n intends to act atoned at once on the president pj s order oi dt r thereby to avert suffering suiT ering annoti the poorer people of tile the islands A agriculture gri culture in the islands ands already ill aern d y impaired 1111 paired on oil account of war and cholera lias has been furi hev injured by locusts these have appeared in many lually places and are working serious injury to the crops tile ad advent ve nt of sasi together with the fall of the price of silver renders business and industrial trial prospects in the philippines 0 gloomy g the cholera is gaining ahnin a strong foothold on the island of mindanao it is is expected to spread thore there as it lias elsewhere in the munch islands it continues to be bad in the pro province vinco of iloilo island of panay but it is licht U bt elsewhere the cases reported up to date exceed 1000 CO |