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

Boston.-On the trcelcss stcppes Of
Russia, beyond the pale and In the
arid districts OF northeastern China.
thousands ut human beings are dying
Tor want of food Lack NJ rain In the
FIRST instance, excess OF II In the soc.
Ond Is the cause.
Five provinces In China and q In
Russia are affected. aud. while from
the former country come awful tales
Of the bartorlng of human flesh for
food, Of the sale of little children. and
Of the breaking out Of the plague
among the clogc.packed sufferers. from
Russia comes q wall OF despair. where
men. women and children are trying
20 cling to life, with almost nothing to
eat and with no fuel In temperature
OF 20 degrees below zero.
Conditions are such In both coun.
tries that u Is estimated that what In
this country would be the price Of a
single visit to the theatcr would save
human life until returning crops
bring sclfHupport
The Christian Herald Of New York.
which has taken charge Of the Ameri.
can end Of the Chinese famine relief.
pledged itself to supply 100000
pounds Of -four corn, cornmeal, mcdi.
cal supplies. etc. In addition to what
had already been sent. Tho govern.
mont gave the army transport Gen.
Buford TO carry this consignment from
san Francisco to Shanghai.
Government Aid inadequate.
In Russia the famine Is being re.
lieyed to some extent by government
aid, but the restrictions this aid car.
ries with II make II very inadequate
II involves the delivery OF one pound
OF bread day only to sufferers less
than II and more than 90 years OF
age. Infants under one year. and ali
the vast majority between n and 90
get nothing except what the unselhsh
among the more fortunate are willing
TO share. And, above and beyond this
there is the fact that the black hand
OF Russian official graft appropriatel
for private ends at least one.half OF
the money the government voted foI
relief
Bishop Potter Of New York. Is pres
idont and DR.. Samuel J. Barrows. for
merry Of Boston. is secretary Of the
American relief for Russia.
II Is hard 10 Judge between the two
but perhaps the situation In China 1,
the more pitlablo AZ present, Stats
tics gathered early In February In on,
Of the Ave stricken Chinese province,
showed total OF $4,000 deaths Thi,
IL but small section Of the awiu
aggregate
foreign correspondent writing II
description OF the affected districts
says: Every semblance OF grasi
plants and roots has disappeared, ant
starving parents are eating their chill
dren. I know this to be true, ant
have myself found human flesh OF
sale"
Three Months In Famine's Grip.
The district involved in the famn,
IL known as "Kianpch,' moaninl
north Of the river" the stream bcinl
the Yangtsc For more than three
months this region In northern Chini
has been In the remorselCss grasp q
famine and famlnc.hrcd disease, Fort'
DAYS uf rain aud consequent food
hoaped calamity upon the 1000
square miles Of territory and It's TO-
100000 Of people Before new crop
can he raised II is estimated that
despite the best efforts for relief, IN,
death list will exceed that Of Naples
san Francisco and Jamaica rolled int
one.
Writing after a tour through one o
the famine camps Of 10000 staryinl
refugees. a correspondent said recent
Is, Little more than an hour ago
saw two women, presumably mothe
aud grandmother, wailing over tn
tiny coffin Of a child that had beef
part Of grim famine's daily toll
1T is all so horrible, so oyerpoweI
ing, So haunting, go heartrending, tina
one cannot write OF Il in orderly fash
ion. Il seems as II only the repoateI
CRY OF Helpl Help! Help can b
fashioned for the ears OF the prosper
Gus American people, to whom Co
has given year Of plenty, while IN
poor Of China perish from want
"Out Of the awful mass OF suferin
succession Of individual picture
comes trooplng before my vision
There was the man, too weak to stan
erect who bore on his back, as olde
brothers carry babies In China, hi
blind old mother, the mere skln'ar
bone framework Of woman, The
wanted help, and pleaded for It In III
thin whine of the utterly miserable
and / dared not give them so much a
a copper
The Mothers Suffering.
"Or that mother, hardeged an