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Famine S6enHnin Ana M;.,s

Famine Sbsnssin Asia Mins
A correspondent Of the Leuum ~.
aid, writing from. 1alas ON Febrn.,
26th says: = pronised to give a.,
some news concerning Guemerek ann
its surrounding villages. Guener4l
lie situated on the road from Casa,a.
10 Sivas, about forty. miles from tho
former and under the government &
Sivas. In the reign of Sivas thu
crops have bsen abundant for the last
two years, but Guemerek and its snr.
rounding villages numbering soma
twenty or more, arc situated aionc
the edge of the famine district, and ara
among the most destitute. The ma.
jority Of the population of these VII,
lagos being poor farmers, have been
for the last two years in pitiful state
Two years ago they bought on credit
from the mulzezims at a very hioh
price, expecting to pay last year at
the time of the harvest; but on ac-
count of their cattle dying, and their
having no seed to SOW, they had not
enough to support their families. Some
hundred persons from Guemere a.alonc
removed to the ncighborhood of Adana
and almost half Of them persisted OF
three families, for instance, Composed
IF fifteen members, only three arc
alive. Now there are in Guemerek
more than three hundred refugees. al.
most naked and on the verge of actin.
Il starvation. Many of these having
10 other shelter for the night, are
obliged to sleep in stables and ex-
POSED places, almost without covering
The abundance of grain in the Siyas
egion, instead of being blessing to
hesc poor villages, has proved a
urse: because of their being under
he .Sivas vilaet, they have received no.
clip from any source, and have not
ven shared the leniency of the tax
'atlIcrers shown to other famine
trickcn villages. The poor are So
that they do not know to,
HON to apply to for aid am sure
rat hundreds would have died if some
clip had not been furnished through
re efforts Of the English Central Re-
ef Committee. 1t is heartrending for
nyonc who visits their villages to-
&C the suffering, the nakedness, the
Aid hue of starvation on their com-
Who Knows how many are
,ing from sickness and misery cansed
' dcs,itution! ] know three broth
5 who are young and strong, butfr
ant of work can only beg from door
door Those who have suffered
ON famine become redhced almost to
G level of brutcs Family ties are
and men will sell their
iIdrcn for bread. and commit the
pst attractions crimes, almost witheat
reproof of conscience. Such moral
graduation is fearful. Yet, while
~ are in this condition, tax-gather-
5 and the agents Of muttez'ms are
|icctlng money: beating and throw
!, into prison those who are not able
pay their debts. They have i'm.
soned for weeks persons aided by
; English Committee. Those who
We beds. copper vessels. or anything
e, are obliged to sell them in order
pay their debts to the mm!e.ms
G agents of these are doing the
latest evil By their cxactions they
sc greatly increased the amount OF
1ering. When | was in Guemerek,
agents Of the mulezims beat peo~
merely for their own pleasure,
csc men are the scourgcs of these
ages; the whole population tren'
S on hearing their name. The sur
nding villages, Dendil, Bourhan-
llak-Anshare, and others, are even !
l worse condition. The inhabitants
hesc villages are well nigh ruined :
W shall they ever gain their form .
orospcrity?'