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Show ... FAMINE ADDS TO HORROR. Dire Poverty, Distress and Stagnation ''t in War Stricken Zone. c London. The correspondent of the Chronicle says that Belgium's losses U so far are estimated at 40,000 killed. r; No estimate of the appalling property tts Ioss has been hazarded by the offl- cials. if Industry everywhere is at a stand- ti ' still, says the correspondent, ft- Not a single factory or coal pit jn $ the country has been operated in three weeks and not a single penny in wages has been received by uie men engaged in the staple activities of the c! nation since Ai gust 1. There is nothing but dire poverty, . distress and stagnation even in the s. areas untouched by the fighting. Provision for the feeding, housing JlS and other care of refugees is being if pushed feverishly. More than 4,000 refugees are herded in bathing cabins along the beach and in various small ' j public buildings at Ostend. ,n |