The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-04-30
THE FAMINE IN INDIA.
TIE ArpALLING ENTENT OF TIE
FAMINE ASD OF rEsTlLES'".


.Ihonsi. India. March lS.-lndm Is
inst now Il greatly afflicted collnlIN. los
famine has spread its wings oi gl"'hi
over the land. and to famine, en- the west
coast of India. the telrols CT res'iie!cF
have ieen added.
Alta meeting heId'in Calcutta early IN
the cold season tO consider the Woi::'lA
of raising il famine fund. the EIr"inN.
Lord Elgin. who presided. sad III LIS
u,sning address: HE t'H' niH'I'NH
is net now more acute than III the wears
1874 and 1877, when famineNWaS III the
land, the present has 10 parallel III IL"
wide fit!h calling inr relief measures;
We read" he continued. "ot on" a'v"
a quarter millions of people being on re-
lief wmi;s. and we.know that even iiinl
nrm, CT may lie doubled or trrb!cd
This pedictio,!is already fulfilled. !"E
in the beginning Of March. not perhaps
three months after the above wort" Wrtc
:,nkcn. the number OF persons ON irlirl
works. pr in the receipt OF gratu!lnuS rc-
lief in inlia. had risen to j,2l'.WW.
The relief works organized ny IL"
British Government are the IprhlhE "I
new lines of rail where iequirci, ne
making of roads, the digging al CHnaiH
ami tanks for irrigation, The diGGi'i% "'
VILLAGE walls. auh other works Gf ruhiI"
utility. I1e rultiGator is lolih I" leave
hishome. hut when ,;cath starrS him iEthr
face he avais himself of th" lhnviSl"li
tuade Ly the Government aud lh.dS hS
way to the nearest ltliei WON r"i
y-,autn nnablr to lal:0r. for children. tic
aged aia1 ali ylo flCm any cali!c are M
lit To lalOr. giHititous relief is proNid'".
n, a., q, a.
vil4,. In these camps w!ririGH crcai'
mes, ctoAI.ed in Tags and pltii'lllF ehaci'
ated. cOnGsegtp. Many, alas nave
waited too long setNre applying ior rciici'
and death sO0n claini,tlum. 1Er @i'''
tlsd 9lrft us as we go aDto"'. Wi!e'h''
Gn town AZ I lO,ntIy, are larrowin" III ;lli
extreme. StdiE!ng motEeiS '1i'r II"
-.,le tl:eir Echl, ss t>i,"s. or, dying. leave
ti,m nncm,d for. Ii'eHe Orphans" a''
gathered into Gmls. where tn,: ~,
sheltered ard fed fora prescribed Irng'l
ot tine. in oid,r that friends may hhN
IN opportunity of claiming Tie III "i.r"''
they - .lrsiir. Tie Gnc!aimtd chi,d!rI
eventually nnI their way into orrh"naS"
in various pa"'s 81 lndih. TO the iaig
camp inst outside Ibis flts, were gla'"'
tOus relief il distributes, IL Ehy c,iIi"r'
6Si with VIE lleSiN t'IidI '"""'y ~ !
goes each inosnng to teach the chIidr"l
and to the little wai:s tlls is Il hirr
time.
Not only do Tie cCmmon pGm "'!tir
in This time of famine, but also th.S
from tie more respectable claSsc%. Wl!
very ,,nwillinely make known their de-
titutiOn. S1h aie sought out ahd II
lievcd frtm tuni contributed for ih
,aIrInse. Though this HoaT ?t thmn
follows two or three lad years" ~
stores AZ gain. it is said, ae boarded !
native grain merchants in the hope tlii
as the distress lpcOmcS more ac,lc high'
rjces may mcvail.
For many months to cunc we can lol
for BMp relief. Tie grain soon t"
harvested viii yield small return, Il
not only Will ttF yirid lie below Tie aN"
a'gc, cy,n in the m:t EaNm'd district
lul in. .,iL" IaIiSiI a,hLy !"c"l"S"
size h,relt. only onc-laif ii:r .@n,'!
inlA w..j sowu. Ike disiisS., ald Lic