Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-04

Distress in the Drouth-Strirkcn Dis
frlrfs MnA ma Arnfn.


LONDON. Nov. 1-The yl-ercy OF India
The earl Of ElEin eablel ths home govern
melt today tia, ia the Puajlub The distress
is expected 10 Cissgusy portion and in
Trauskari In tracts Of Lahore. Giyrsu-
vaua Gu!-at and Shspur trs autumn crops
are rather better and lu ths northwest
prs.iaccs the affected area .s smaller taan
expected tu; includes haIr %. population.
The people are u5u eating altulL miilgts.
The distress Will begin about TIE middle
Of December. Continuing the rigerUy says
that :hs reysrue-payiuE rice crops have
largely failed that about d third o. the
autumn taxation will be suspended. glEl-
teen lakhs or rupees Will he s-,l-,el tlr
seeds. and temporary wells Eul excellent
ef.c; is expected from these relic! meas
uIes. IL spite Of this. distress ls feared
iu the district Ut Sanger EL1 .-utLlra.
Nursiughpu- Hoshanglbad and d par, o.
BaIrur IN the central provinces. II, gen
ersl prospects Il Bengal are gloomy. II
there -s 10 rain IL November. the distress
u-Sy De serious IL part Of iu-l and
BahjGlylr. The fears however are per-
haps exaggerated Relief work has been
opened IL three districts o. Upper buriuaa
anI is also expected In Hyderatai. Llurt-
Yur LhOlp-r. JElssaluere. B.EAusra. IJlh.
GwaliOr and parts Of Bsgke.k1auL and
Blnlelkhand
The prices of vhsa, In the Puljaub are
fro ) 20 ~ sssrs yer rupee, il the north
west ana Csut-a. provinces from : 10 S-z
seers pei rupee. lu Bombay. from 10 to -
scers per rupee. The eject % The reduction
iu the railway fare will be 20 l.d-ss the
distress making il less iu'sLs= . A t.T
small riots have been reported mostly owing
70 the eTpor; ot wheat having the eject o'
raising prices The troops have been twice
called out once unnecessarily. Several
IS - 60. do hoo h1a#
reached Calcutta and 10000 tons are be-
lieved 70 have been bought fCr india tu;
the home prices are said 70 be rising NheL
the news %; this import reached Jubbutpur
the price fell from "a. 70 10 seers per rupee
There are j5. 500 persons nov employed in
rt!ls. work.
The India seer is equal to . 05s pounds
avoIriupois Indian rupee is worth about
1. cents.
sir Richard Temple who has mad e.
I p-risuce in Indian Affairs since lS46. whC
was al one time secretary 20 Sir John
& Lawrence. financial minister o. India from
/ 1855 10 1874 and who was reaypOirted &c
supcria,e1d the relief operations IN tbs
( famine-sJriukeu districts ot Bengal afte'
which be served as governor o. Bombay
I has been interviewed on the threateIe,
I Indian famine Sir Richard alluded 70 th'
/ iupor. OF California whea; as a uliqu'
: factor in the situation. he said 1t ap
/ pears wheat has been landed al Calcutti
and sold az from 5 70 sesrs per rupee
/ such q possibility was never dreamed o. il
1 nv time II this be true s; will be sut
/ fciert 20 aid the Indian supply. Ger
. taiuly American wheat sold in India a
/ that price will suffice for the distressed dis
I -ricts do not see the need for the gov
J eminent 10 Intervene IN this matter. ]
the thing can be done traders will DO {
+ better unai5e1 ! think this is a vital mat
ter and the government should iuDe
5l4tsly verify H. II this is possible. And j
I so. they should not intervene. Il IN
American supply failed. then ! do not thiul
/ there is suffe wheat 30 India 20 NEE
/ the scarcity and the government nigh
have 20 buy supplies wherever fsvorao.
. opportunity offered