The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-11-17
CHOLERA ADDS TO
FAMINE DISTRESS
Between Twenty Five and Thirty Mn.
lion Chinese Are Facing
Starvation

icy Assoeia ties Pfesa)
pekiag. Ncv i6--Choiera & aafius
- the ra1ef distress p the famine
stricken district where from gane0aa0
o. mM0O0o people are facing death
by starvation
The Associated Press corresp0n lent
who recently travelled lheough the
heart ~ the territory most serious "
denudsd 81 feed, found conditions even
more desperate iha4 had been indi-
cated by Information previously re-
eehed here
In lhe town ~ HNyal-an where there
were Sea families. % persons had died
~ cholera. and similar reports are
common from various other districts
The picture presented 90 ihe csc ~
the respondent Was a dismal oae.
fhc soil barren A. ii mid -WIqmr
prices sOsrlnE mi grafton - those haV-
rs more money or enterprise the PEG
pie Ia ms On e dlet - weeds rhaff
thisiles and leaves chNaren. especially
little girls offered or salc al the ay-
erase price 81 TIE small Chinese mule
cholera from undertaking suicides az
individuals Ga extreme despair OLD NO
men and children cleaning patches ~
weeds, men with no work q 90. aud
clusters ~ refugees living in the shell
Ger Of temples IN market towns
Information obtained bps the CORE
spnndent Indicated that the present
suffering il only a forecast OF that %
come II TIE course q eight or ten
weeks. when the real crisis will az
rive Conditions n the ielt he traversed
Ia 4 Journey BY cart between two
railway lines near Tcebow are believed
10 be typical ~ those generally exist
ing throughout large areas In the
provinces of Chihll, Shantu a. HonaB
and Shansi. he found Understandable
misery and stoiral faeing 81 starvation
hv millions % people who already has
sr8sed - every thing saicahe and
saw Ia the future MOTH bat death
When the frost will have KILLED the
uneonsumed leaves and weeds there
VIII bee literally nothing 90 cal for az
least half the population one cut 81
ten has already migrated, without
money and without destination In the
worst spots half Che people arc al.
really subsisling On The sale u furri-
ure and clothing which means thai
those temporarily escaping starvation
VIII ultimately DIE from cold and *
posure
IN the town ~ Chi chow. which Is
typical tie magistrate informed the
correspondent that eui 81 every three
Families two srr quite sure % siarNe
before Tie emo ST ~ Ae8r barring e
fecilye relief from outside There are
$4,000 people ! tie administrative dis
irirt IN question
I'm Ming Ching two bankers who
We're engaged In raising relief funds /
said that the crop had been an abs0- \
lutte failure follow ng two OF three
previous and serious shortages ~ g.
90 families. they estimated that eight i
out n ten were practically withoGs (
means. one ~ tbe lnformsnis said That
he was the owner ~ the largest pawn I
shop in thc vicinity.
There are constant streams 81 farm
ers coming with clothing furniture
implements, anything upon which 90 +
ing their children where possible 0r
realize a few c0ppers They are SELL
leaving them where there Is hope that
they vii 81 fed nc said.
.half and the residue FROM cotton
seed after lhe on has been extracted
have become valuable beyond the reach
~ The average person. who exists on
4 vaiery connection chiefly ~ weeds
and leaves. with perhaps a few ker
nels of grain, and q sort ~ cake II
1c Is sff,uent enough. made cut q
NE cotton seed waste