The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-02-13
h PEOPLE OF CHINA
||1gUCy TO CANAIDALISh'
ny PARENTS, WHO
LAVE M FOOD FOR THEM
!. Sold by Husbands or Sell Them
,'..s for Bread. Weather Is BIZ
tsrIy Cold and Houses Are
Used for Fuel


Used for Fuel
.. received from Shingan-fu
'sP0I'' tbat the famine in the pro-
agree e. Sbapsi and shensi is one OF OF
yes Oh ~ the history of China. All
'Os s,ion on the subject is neces-
ornla l.on, Chinese sources and is
ly ,n,arv. but the stories are all 10
; 'anp 'e effect, picturing a condition
:'irs that is calculated to arouse
sympathy of the W0fio i0F 'le
j chs minated in that two-thirds OF the
ra without sufficient food or
0Pls a. attaining it. The weather is
ap' ~, aid and thisadds to the mis-
wy y Starvation. There is little fuel
I ' ., 1,' provinoe, and the people are
Sl' wv ont the wood work OF their
ll .a. to build fires to keep them
Wv rorm, oxen, horses, dogs and
We 70 ANIMALS used by the farmers to
W in their work ir ordinary
- have practically all been sacrl-
L to satisfy hunger
For three years the crops nave oeen
:. .,oros in both provinces There was
T. or less suffering in previous sea-
/. and the people 'were in poverty
,bo winter began. Their condl-
bo. since been growing steadily
Letters state that cannibalism
Il nr,cticed now to a considerable
ktent
4 Hung Chang, in conversation
IN Mr.. Conger, the American minis
stated that the people were reduc-
n eating human flesh. Many OF
an are selling their women
4 children to obtain money with
8 bicb to buy food for the remain
g members of their families. In
Antcideis alarmingly common. "a
n,s driveniusane by want and the
peals Of their children for food.
bich they are unable to provide
h the little ones rather than listen
their cries of distress and see their
ferings
81 One letter received says: "Men
bve become like ravenous kites.
hey snatch from your hand whatever
bu may be eating. Besides those
no are every day thrown into the
DmmOn pit | observe in the crowds
Vadng the town many of those whose
bys are numbered already. The
complexion of the people has turned
#fk. Blood no longer animates their
ARns. Chinese children, originally
lund and plump, resembling stuffed
pills. display their understructure OF
One have seen such skeletons that
wonder how breath still fingers in
Pem' Their feet dangle and turn in
Fy direction, SOC loose have become
N tendOns and muscles. With the
"Ot care 1t would be possible to fan
atme the spark of life, to see it
ally eXtinguished. Women and
plareh are being sold or given away.
lantclde is increasing on a terrible
ale The ordinary food of the
ppes will be living babies, which, as
We last famine. will turn them into
Free man-eater5. -
H' same writer says that the pa
~ d. The present moment are devel-
'"s VHelr worst traits. 1t is com
'nlnS to hear such appeals as
ny my land or | will kill myself. .
8 NC Inc morsel of bread or [ will
'"OS myself at your door" cap
IT, my hunger" says a feminine
sotSar ana ana | will follow YOU" A
ltrv ' ., says Take my child for
I'm w tiIas, or a husband will say:
ri i yll Of Is forever yours for a few
other '' ,r; are corroborated
int for ,o writer's. Men and women
that m mEG In savage bands. Moth
Eapes tbs snV appease their hunger
BmselvesS' u, Fierce fights among
y Overall frequently follow when
at it Continent COULD IN has been doing
its effo nlu 70 relieve the sufferings,
~ little sr No nave been marked by
Tent on le success because food in suf-
be obtainrInS5leS for distribution can
and az Population of shansi is 10000 :
e'p Of Shensi 9,oOo, ojl5' 10 i-'O00'