The Jasper news., 1907-05-02

Boston.-On the treeless steppes OF
Russia, beyond the pale" and in the
arid districts of northeastern China,
thousands of human beings are dying
for want of food. Lack Of rain in the
first instance, excess of 1t in the sec
ond is the cause.
Five provinces in China and 81 in
Russia are affected, and, while from
the former country come awful tales
OF the bartering Of human flesh for
food, Of the sale Of little children, and
of the breaking out of the plague
among the close.packed sufferers, from
Russia comes wall Of despair, where
men, women and children are trying
to cling to life, with. almost nothing to
eat and with no fuel in temperature
of rs degrees below Zero,
Conditions are such in both coun-
tries that It is estimated that what in
this country would be the price of
single visit to the theater would save
human life until returning crops
bring self-support.
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 flour, corn, cornmeal, medi-
cal supplies, ETC., in addition to what
had already been sent. The govern
ment gave the army transport Gen.
Buford to carry this consignment from
San Fran NJ qc0 IN Chop0hoi
Government Aid Inadequate.
In Russia the famine is being re-
lieved to some extent by government
aid. but the restrictions this aid car.
ries with It make 1t very inadequate.
1t involves the delivery of one pound
Of bread day only to sufferers less
than II and more than SO years of
age. Infants under one year, and all
the vast majority between II and SO
get nothing except what the unselfish
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 appropriates
for private ends at least one.half of
the money the government voted for
relief.
Bishop Potter, of New York, is pres
ident and DR.. Samuel ]. Barrows, for
merly of Boston, is secretary Of the
American relief for Russia.
A foreign correspondent writing in
description of the affected districts
says: Every semblance OF grass
plantanand roots has disappeared, and
starry parents are eating their chill
dren. / know this to be true, and
have myself found human flesh on
SALE"
Three Months In Famine's Grip.
The district involved in the famine
Is known as "Kianpeh." meaning
north of the river" the stream being
the Yangtse. For more than three
months this region in northern China
has been in the remorseless grasp OF
famine and famine-bred disease. Forty
days of rain and consequent floods
heaped calamity upon the 10000
square miles Of territory and its 49,.
O00 900 of people. Before new crops
can be raised 1t is estimated that
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death list will exceed that OF Naples
San Francisco and Jamaica rolled into
| one.
Writing after a tour through one oil
the famine camps of 10000 starving
refugees, correspondent said recent
ut is all so horrible, so overpower
, w.. Little more thar an hour ago
saw two women, presumably mother
and grandmother, wailing over the
, tiny coffin of child that had beer
part of grim famine's daily TOLL
, ing, SO haunting. SO heartrending, thai
one cannot write of 1t In orderly fash
ion. 1t seems as II only the repeated
cry Of Help! Help! Help!' can b'
fashioned for the. ears Of the prosper
| GUS American people. to whom Goo
has given year Of plenty, while thu
poor of China perish from want.
/ "out OF the awful mass Of suffering
a succession of individual pictures
! comes dropping before my vision
] There was the man. too weak to stan'
erect. who bore on his back. % eide
! prothsYs carry eshies IN China, d!