Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-15

/ succession 10 sun Fo. lie Is said to
/ have staff Of young Chinese stadu-
| ates Of American universities Fens
! Yu Hslang, the Christian General.
| who IN "A, his old headquarters a,
I ,thanchow In northeast Honan, liz
/ taking vigorous order against the
/ Communists In the territory under his
I control, eNecuiin. many.
] About 4.00o 300 people In war'veN"d
Shsnsung Province are in danger M
| diving of famine. with It's familiar con
eomlfani horrors. There viii h* such
fau,ines I'm shantung al Intervals.
depeuding on the weather. this side
provision of an elaborate system az
good roads, and such provision seems
- distant az the millennium.
Matchmaking in Loess formation IN
ex,remaIy extensive. With the nor,
mai rain supply the 1.oess formation
I IN fine porous luaml gives masniifcent
/ crops, and the population increases
/ in obedience IN Malthusian law and
| ronfuctan Injunction Hut comes "A
| dro,,gh, and the defects of the quail
/ liter" ~ Loess are In play, all moisture
| has seeped below. The country II AZ
| dry IA the Sahara. the population
| declines Malthusla My.
| The area of ~hantung ig about ID =
State ahou, ~ oooI and It's population
| about 30 At,D 900, 4 very considerable
part of the AREA In ngricututally un'
productive. mountain and salt Imrfes'
| mated plain. The density of popuiar
| ton of the agricultural area IL there
| fore almost II not quite unparalleled
| An end 10 the periodical woes OF
| Shaniuug is conceivable. surprising
| nm end 10 the civil wars. and enlight.
| ened provincial government possessed
| NJ what In most valuable To emma
| In The western learning tname> :
seiencst an enlightened central gov.
| eminent ditto with wise policy OF
unut,ini ION dis,ributiont. effective es'
| tabiisnnent of new Interpretation
| M the fonfutinu canon, which should
| check the abrurtiiy excessive pro
| lfIracy. and creation of network
| of COED railways and roads, " fe
! auires. however. 1icatnt optimism
| "a imagine "A contamination tot'ihin'
| Ing the ahDse,
Naaufime some easement af the
! condition of super ~f,tuintinn ~ pop"
| iinttnn is being effected twin "ha'
| attendant fniserlea may fenhiiF hr
| IMAGINED, through emigration 10
Nauehutia tManchurla had Ah". "hh
| immigrants last year. largely shan
iuneesel. bnr the chief easement II
/ bv way of the faninss, Tn. "osm
! lonka ~ sympatheiiralis bni almost
| heipiessls,
Latest reports rho" extension nj
! the famine area ~ include the south
, etu u.tt Of chin Province, and prob"
ability IF ultimate extension of the
| famine Ia include Ten million per"
SONS. Bandits and Red spehfes'
| besides the aoidiers. inf"st the area
Yet, while famine here stalks hid
| ea,iAy. bumper crops are reported
from The YansiEe Valley aud Man"
| ehufia.
Chang Tsu i.in isaned IA Abatement
| that reports ~ the effect that hn IN
manning Ia mount th. dragon throne
are sheer nonsestaa.
air ttedsfia WHITE. visiting us.
| urges that We join Britain ~ t,nitins
| III the hands nf the Nationalist
| Asnklngl government. "niN thus
| may there he il certainty maj Mos
, GOA - plans viii he inilsh. Mi Fred
| erie reminds us how Run Va, fSeh
| usn silamu the door when he anr
piled for help 10 ths governments