The money is being used to save the lives of the starving people, and ithe work is to be carried through jin Kueichow, Szechuan and Yuat nan by local Chinese—Foreign Famine Relief Committees of similar constitution to our own—viz. Chinese and Foreigners of standing working together with the sole object of evi ig of the people {threatened by starvation. The regulations of the Shanghai Chinese—Foreign Famine Relief Committee provide for a public audit of all accounts, From inquiries it was ascertained that two se ai ed an entry to the house by the back door, breaking the mosque! Proofing and hax an amah, who ssid that she was seized by two men, who placed plaster over her mouth and bound her to a sta!
rail with a bod sheet. They In the Kueichow province (where the need is greatest) a Chinese—Foreign Famine Relief Committee at Kueichow is now at work. The fighting in Szechuan had delayed operations there, while in Yunnan the difficulty of communications make it hard to get speedy action, out a Chinese—Foreign Famine Relief Committee has been formed at Yunnanfu, Alli this is but a brief account of possibly the most interesting experience in famine relief operations any committee has yet had in China.
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