The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-05-03

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rigid who stood against % wall with
her six children gathered about her
tattcrcd skirts, staring out uucurlng ON
% company ut living refugees. who are
"a more melancholy sight than the
thousands ut ancient graves among
which they are cncampod They had
been fod-onc portion Of thin, watcry
rice porrIdgc for them all-and nov
they must wait In the cold for another
q hours 10 pass before they can be-
fed again-and even then some
stronger ones may push them aside
and steal their turn at the mcagcr ~.
/ lief
Strange incongruities flash into
ones mind as he walks about among
these 10000 refugees As passed
! this morning an old, old woman, COY.
cred only by few rags. who sat on
/ the cold bare ground sharing hor
small bowl Of rice with babe OF ~ or
| rs months. evidently her grandchild,
| who sat ON her knees. I thought "
some grandmothors whom / know In
! America sweet faced and comfortable
and kindly. whose evening of life Is
made pleasant by the love Of children
and grandchildren, and who know not
the word want Aud recalled some
baby lricnds-swect, ruddy little dcars,
wrapped In the finest linen, with ward.
robes upon which love has layishcd
It's generosity and whose food Is a
matter OF careful consultation with
physicians and friends
OF course. l cannot imagine these
delicately nutured babes In dirty tat
tiers and exposed to the cold winter
night and day. week after week. yet
somehow one picture suggests the
other. Just so. when refugee mother
accosted us this morning and asked as
to accept her child as gift, imagine
tion brought instantly to view the pre-
ciousness OF the American children
know.
Suffering Unparalleled.
incidents could be piled upon Incl
dents: every one Of these 10000 refu
gees incarnatcs a story-a story OF a
home abandoned, of toilsome Journeys
10 this southern district In the hope OF
finding pittanco Of food to allay that
awful gnawinE NJ hunger; Of tho
eager hunt for sheltered nook In q
doorway; Of being driven from spot "a
spot, until at last few feet Of bare
earth are secured out among the
graves with the other refugees
space no bigger than Chinese grave
sunices for an entire Chinese family
Of the daily and nightly budding TO
gcthcr In one mass for the sake OF hu
man warmth, Of the search for dry
rrals with which 10 make a tiny fire;
Of the morning struggle for portion
Of the government rice and Of that In
dcscrlbable, terrible, primitive due
between life and starvation which tn,
Chinese so dauntlossly endure.
In an this. | write Of the best, ant
not Of the worst This Is only the first
outpost Of the famine district,
! Always Close TO Starvation.
The Chinese live closer 20 aetna
starvation than It is possible for q
] ~
ways poor So the failure Of the CROP
not to mention the destruction o.
: their homes by food-at once PLACED
them In state Of actual dostitution
o which can only be relieved when The
wheat crop Is harvested In July
, Meanwhile. owing TO lack OF seed, onll
half OF the spring wheat crop has beer
, planted
The cargo OF food which the Chris
tan Herald sent over to the stricken
| district In China cost 100000, anC
this sum was raised by popular sub
scriptlon.
Its arrival In China is expected L
do much for the sufferers, but NOR,
food win have TO follow at once. Con
ditlons have ErOwn steadily worse, an,
plague has broken out In one or tw,
Of the provinces. The sufferers ar,
huddled together In thousands in IN,
, camps,
, Millions Face Death.
q In Russia the conditions are it'll,
1 less appalling. For the grst time II
q the history OF such catastrophes II
Russia the government itself is arouse,
3 TO the necessity for relieving tn
5 stress The famine Affects no les
b than 3O,OOO,O0O peasants lnhabIting al
! area half as large as the Unite,
r States, and while this area lies be
s tween the steppes and white Rus
!. STA" the famine Is affecting Indirect,
: the people within the pale who de
G pend upon the peasants for trade an,
- commerce.
s The peasantry represents Sc pc
cent OF the entire population Thel
one means OF livelihood is farming
q and when the rain did not come u