The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-05-02

Lon ON the treeless steppes or
I. beyond the pale" and in the
dIstricts of northeastern China,
.srds of human beings are dying
sort Of food. Lack of rain In the
Instance, excess Of it in the Sec
IS the cause.
"a proyinces in China and 81 in
10 are affected, and, while from
former country come awful tales
No bartering Of human flesh for
NJ the sale of little children, and
no breaking out of the plague
No the close-packed sufferers, from
IA comes a wall of despair, where
women and children are trying
lIug to life, with almost nothing to
and with no fuel in a temperature
degrees below zero.
budtions are such in both coun-
that it is estimated that what in
country would be the price of a
he visit to the theater would save
uman life until returning crops
& self-support.
he Christian Herald of New York,
HI has taken charge of the Ameri-
end OF the Chinese famine relief,
ged itself to supply 100000
nds of -four, corn, cornmeal, medi-
supplies, ETC., in addition to what
already been sent. The govern
Il gave the army transport Gen.
BIRD to carry this consignment from
Francisco to Shanghai.
srnment Aid Inadequate.
Russia the famine is being re.
ed to some extent by government
but the restrictions this aid car
with 1t make it very inadequate.
Involves the delivery of one pound
bread day only to sufferers less
litand more than SO years OF
Infants under one year, and all
vast majority between II and So
nothing except what the unselfish
Png the more fortunate are willing
lhare. And, above and beyond this,
Re Is the fact that the black hand
Russian official graft appropriates
private ends at least one-half OF
money the government voted fol
ei
bishop Potter, of New York, Is pres
D and DR.. Samuel j. Barrows, for
by Of Boston, is secretary of the
erlcan relief for Russia.
is hard to Judge between the two
perhaps the situation in China Is
more pitiable at present. Stats
gathered early in February in ont
ne hve stricken Chinese province!
wed total of $4,000 deaths. This
put small section of the awful
regate
foreign correspondent writing IL
cflptlon of the affected district
p Every semblance of grass
l's and roots has disappeared, ant
wing parents are eating their chill
n' | know this to be true, an,
myself found human flesh OIL
b"
&c Months in Famine's Grip.
ne district involved in the famin,
known as "Kianpeh," meanini
rlh Of the river" the stream beinl
iangtse. For more than tire
llns this region in northern Chini
Oeen in the remorseless grasp o
lne and famine-bred disease. Fort
OF rain and consequent flood
pea calamity upon the 1000
nv miles of territory and its 10
IVY OF people. Before new crop
oe raised it is estimated thai
pNe the best efforts for relief, tn
h list will exceed that of Naples
francisco and Jamaica rolled int
nuhg after tour through one @
'aHilne camps of 10000 starvin
rsees' correspondent said recent
Little more than an hour ago
TWO women. presumably mothe
grandmother, wailing over tn
CONN of a child that had bee
oi grim famine's daily toll.
Is all so horrible, so overpewel
% haunting, so heartrending, tina
cannot write OF 1t in orderly fasl
4 ~ seems as IL only the repeate
~ Help! Help! Help! can b
"Vhed Tor the ears of the prospe
Aneflcan people, to whom Go
sven a year of plenty, while tn
b. Vi China perish from want.
0 ow oi the awful mass of sufferin
accession &c individual picture
S rooping before my vision
IL was the man, too weak to stan
~ VINO bore on his back, as olde
's carry babies in China, hi
oiu mother, the mere skln-al
framework of a woman. The
a'eu help' and pleaded for 1t in tn
WINE OF the utterly miserable
Jared not give them so much 9
~, Mothers Suffering.