New-York tribune., 1907-03-17
REMARKABLE STOICISM.

The stoicisrn with which. having exhausted all
possibilities Of lettering his lot. Chinese will
sit down 10 await the end is an interesting and
admirabl4 trait. There is nothing Of a pose
about this, il is his way. learned in a long long
school of endurance and suffering. When
farmer said II a missionary whom he knew:
7 have been ten days IN the camp. but I could
not get morsel Of food Now am going back
home 10 eat my dog. and then starve." he meant
literally that AS might he expected, this fam
inc has resulted in great mortality among dogs
and cats since both Of these animals are es-
teen1ed proper food by the poorer classes.
beggar whom we met on a city wall was carry
ing dead cat What was he going 70 do with
it, we asked Fat it. II course. But he was
willing to sell II 70 the foreigners, and he would
let us have ii cheap-only 100 cash &c cents)!
Practically the entire famine district has been
almost wholly cleared of livestock We have
no beasts and men are eating beasts food is
the way one farmer succinctly put il. He meant
that the people are living on grass. bark roots.
leaves and such Ike This morning Inspected
The houses Of almost an entire village. looking
for food-and such bare. crude. hlthy and com
fortress homes they are-and nowhere did I see
a grain Of rice. The whole village is suhslstlng
upon dried sweet potato leaves. which touhd
cooking over many stoves. out here II IS GUS
tomary 10 extract the oil from peanuts ana then
10 press peanuts. shells ana an IN" q H.,
cake as cattle fodder. Beans are treated IN inc
me Now these dTlen CAKES are SUN
food for human beings WatcAeo one tlliIi'
on whose features grim hunger had written large
her signature buy a portion OF thlS. he ""S
given 4 wedge about four inches long three
inches deep and possibly two inches wide Al me
outer edge for 90 cash which is two-thirds ~
the government allowance q day Tor an adult.
Tho aviditv with which he seized and deYoured
dry a few additional Crumbs-the little more
that goes with every bargain in China-"as eIo-
quent Of the cravings Of his BODY.
MISSIONARIES WORKING HARD.
This dole Of 30 daily cash-equivalent TO one
and n half cents. American currency-the chi
nese government pledges to give every sufferer
in the famine district north OF the Tangtse
River II really seems as If the higher officials
are in earnest and extraordinary efforts are BE-
ing made to prevent Squeezing by the other
officials through whose hands the money must
pass This is one Of the manifestations OF a
new" China which abound these days OF
course the attempt is not wholly SUCCESSFUL
and rnyriads Of starving people have not receiver
, a single cash Most Of those VINO nave en-
carnued orninollslv outside Of the walls or sew
eral cities have been helped; for the ohlclalS
fear them Now with force and fair promises
the larger part of these refugees are pgis ,
back into the country. All Of them dlstrust the
odiciai promises OF help. The assistance that IS
at present extended is not expected 10 hold ouC
for q month since cent and halI a uay given
10 600 900 persons ie sum 10 tax any treas
Foreign relief IS being distributed in the form
Of 0ol:r to bring down the prices FaillilI
prices" is no mere phrase here, Inc cost OI al
! foo3etrffa has riqcn POO per cent or more ! ne
missionaries who have been chosen by me gen
eral relief committee At Shanghai 70 dlsDurse
| regions with depots for the sale OF food mus
| making every dollar given continue It's "oIA
throughout the entire six months or distress. lor
the worst win not be over unli July'