The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-06-22
INDIAN FAMINE HORRORS
Death and Devastation Spread
Over the Empire,
SIGNS OF REBELLION MANIFEST.

sanitary law Burned Aiiveu.Bplts
isb Surgeon Threatened Win
Death,
Under the date OF BlmIn, Alny u, Tho
special correspondent OF Tho London
standard sends these statements ID No.
gard 10 the famine III India
"There hAs not been Tho slightest
change for Tho better ID Tho general
situation IN India during The lAsi three
Or four weeks, The OiiloIAI figures
show that there arc b,tD0,OOO OD the
relief works and TINT tho tendency Nv
for this huge total 10 Increase nj Tho
rate 81 NJ laast 100000 n week.
I'm MAdpas, which hAs hitherto been
regarded AN outside The Inflicted pron,
ths number Of people Oh Keller works
hah more tllnD doubled ID Tho Hpn1n OI
u Fortnight, There haa been n lIllIo
min, bnt Ills rnme 100 lnlp MATERIALLY
to bonafl tho crops Oh umlIplHllol
lands, which nIa now IN MnDy plnnos
given lp for lost,
''tlolnH from AlndmH 10 B0nlDnS lhp
traveller does Hot aea one single pnlpll
or green, not even nv much NV n Dln0n
~ Hpaas, for hundreds OF miles Oh 1nd,
There IN no abatement Of tho famine,
anu things Are merely getting slowly
anu surely more terrible and more dis
AHtp0us than before, The people Apa
literally dying 0f starvation The Hpnal'
or portion OF Tho eatlle Ape alpoNdS
dhn1,
"MoIe llian l,0D0,OOO persons have
died IN tho district Of uuJnpal alDnGl
10 ndd 10 the embarrassment OF tho To-
rnl 0%iiolnls Il severe epidemic 0f GhOlr
pFA hnH now broken Onl ~ SEINE 0f The
F0ll6f works IN the tl0dllh district, and
The people, weakened by llnny weeks
And months " low diet, nra AlG0lnlE
Ing 10 IN mvlgos
Mn tho li0lnbny Presidency, ~ n
whole, there iie now 40 fewer Than
a,OOo,OOO people Oh famine relief, nln
tho population affected N more llInll
10000 600 Ia the Hemlldnserl lrlGls
about IOdhpNp aud l,lkADIr tho Inllnb
ithntA nlte out Il mere existence Oh
quarter rhtl0nH I'M long IN lll0N ohlll
AMI then, WHEN physically quite ulep
nnhl 10 Tile stfhlli OF n long journey
over tho sun bnltad, WhlerleHA WASTES
Df HlllnH, they nv 10 make their way
To thu relief works or the biz towns,
perhaps n hundred miles or more away
There N every penA0n 10 believe lint n
very large proportion III these people
never voAall their destination, but die
In Tho desert, where lllelr elhiGlhln1
noppAns are soon picked clean by The
IAehnla hnd ynltupas which llhhA Oh
th0lr lrnoN,
Mn SONS parts OF ltnjpAlhnA, II IA
Hnld, source u any passes without Il
number 0f people OF Ali Ages ANA both
aoSes being found dead by tho I0ad'
side, The next most afflicted portion
hf lndln IN tho central Provinces There
Inns been no change for the better III
thIA region, There Are now about
l,ThO,OOO people Oh famine relief, and
Tho population directly affected by The
famine IN some ig,0OO,OOW,
"'rhn plORNN outlook seems senl0ulN
lour pnnAAnrlnH THIS terrible disease
lnllolly AAa aprpAd To such IN extent
hH 10 threaten speedily To embrace the
whole Of lndln IN In HplAIN Alvehdy n
very lNpAo portion Of southern lnnlh N
plnguo STRICKEN, Nh. TOO, are GalenllA
Nnd tho Rroatar pnll " tho province "
Bnnnnl, inc dlHnAAo Inns Misc appeared
M many plnoeH In Tho central portion
NJ Indln, n N found In Alnd, III itAlE
pOlnnn, aud In the tOllnndup aud iiO
nhinppNp districts Of The pNnjab,
mThp plague ITSELF Nv no mems GOli'
atIinlna tho ln0at serious aspect on the
question, the measure lhkeI by The
government 10 stamp II out have Aet
nfOot M undWr0NWant OF nnllvn dls'
eontont, n Wmblinu OF rebellion such
Nh preceded the mlllny,
"TlloIp have bunli many signs Of lhte
VT Hoino secret disturbing Influences NJ
work nI,0ng tho people, A very alilil
lnr outbreak Of protests hha delnncla'
tlonH Inns greeted Tho adoption OF these
precautions IN Npnlnl aud tho IOptlli
west provinces, Al GAWnpur the mob
burned tho plague hospital aud, after
severely baatlna Tho hnlr dozen native
a%onHlnbleh IN charge, threw ilielii' SUI
living, Into tho flames, TleS then
senvdh0d for Tho idnnllAh ciyll surgeon,
with TIM nyOwed purpose OF numbering
him, Tlla troops AMI volunteers were
anll0d OH, IN preserve ORDER All the
usual feNtuNoH belrnyInH \ deep 'Rld
organisation BY influential persons
were Visible,
Wlur0paanA np0 10 I0nAap treated
with tho p%OliieneHs aud consideration
which w 10 within tho Inst few tonPa
have boon tho rule IN tho country dlAf
trIpta, llinnul, lhos lAYN lnllu dlAhil
u0nred FRAN tho presidency towns
VlnlnDt assaults on HllWnolns llnVn
hpon dlsQulolInalS plentiful AZ Into"
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