The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02
The cry is: "Dylng from hungerm

The cry is: Dying from hunger!"
Doors. windows, furniture. beams in
houses being sold for food Houses and
villages desolated by flood and famine.
Necessary to feed chair and barrow
coolies before they can work The
poor eating weeds. When shall wheat
crop be gathered? No money to pur-
chase seed. Old men, women and chill
dren in desperate straits. I see very
few babies. Ship flour, rice, wheat,
bran in boats direct from Wusih to
Suchien. Increase famine relief ten
fold"
Miss NJ. a. Reid. at Antung, writes:
THE boon these cheap sales of -four
and grain are to the people is just UNI
speakable. Local grain Is very dear
and scarce. We are getting closer
and closer to the worst days. I really
dread to think what the few weeks
before the harvest will be like"
a telegram comes from Pere Thomas,
a Roman Catholic priest. chairman of
the local committee at Yaowan. He
states that the famine conditions are
becoming accumulated, and that large
numbers of families are wandering
about, nourishing themselves with wild
roots; and that they are in many
places plucking up the wheat as it APP
pears above ground and eating it.
A member of the committee writes as
follows: "a pathetic case was that Of
poor fatherless and motherless chill
dren. They stood nude. huddled up
against the building, when 1 went out
of the door to take in the shipment of
flour l heard the low, feeble cry Of
a child and, looking around, saw the
most pitiful little face leaning over the
al, Il &c, to
FAINT was making such a low, pitiful
cry, its eyes closed from the intense
light and swollen lids, l could not help
it went back in the inner court and
wept. What could l do? It was too
young to feed 1t must get nourish-
ment from the breast; and, poor thing,
even then it was beyond hope. no doubt.
filled tho older brothers bowl with
copper coins and the four went off,
slowly toddlins along, to get some
Cruel"
The Chinese officials have not failed
to contribute to the relief of their own
people. The sum of 100000 taels or
about s4,20O.oo0 (gold), has been thus
expended. They are embarrassed, how
ever, by indennites heavy eXactions
from the central government, and es-
pecially by the lack of organization
anu Ss StclldllC GllOFl lOE reucnlnp
| those who are in such straits. More
help from abroad should be given in
that broad spirit of Christian charity
and brotherhood which has ever char
acteri2ed the enlightened nations Of
the West.
The relief committee feel that a
guarantee should be given those who
arc furnishing funds and provisions
that these Will be wisely, swiftly and
economically expended. There is a
call for fifty more missionaries in addi-
| ton to the forty-odd who are now as
sisting in the work, and these will be
Forthcoming. Every dollar will be
accounted for, and the generous pub
/ lie may be sure that the most will be
made of the means furnished Such
names as DuBose, Henry Woods, Jun
kin, Patterson. Father Thomas, Father
Bies, Revs Mungean, Tyler, Gracie,
Miss Reed and others constitute an alb
solute guarantee OF right use of all
/ that comes into their hands.
Let it be remembered by those who
sit three times a day at their home
boards, laden with good things, that
two and half million human beings
iewlll perish With hunger within the
next six weeks If adequate help does
not arrive One dollar will save n life
Even twenty-five cents will enable
some man or woman or child to exc
out an existence until the crops can
be gathered. lie who gives quickly
gives twice-gives in this case ten
times, Let us to the rescue, not only
In behalf of these poor Chinese, but TO,
the suke as we'll of the heroic, self.
!! sacrificing missionaries who are nov
oYerWorked, poorly fed, ana are in con.
slant danger of the dreaded typhus
fever and dysentery which rage In
every famine camp,
Roddy, the son Of Mr., A. r. Cav a
No. 600 Twenty third Street, wa,
hrnnnht homo fronl L.. AZ = /.