Rice thas continued, to rise have increased. Last Saturday at one place I counted 16 dead bodies and T was told there was yet one other in a house adjoining. Of these, only four had been encoffined, the others, men and women, being mostly naked, other cold and stary. ing people taking off the few rags they possessed.—Tsunyi and other' cities in the province are in a similar plight, while Tukshan (five days. to the'south cast) is said to be even worse. And yet Kueichow people resident, in other provinces shave been doing what they can to pre-Tent relief funds from being, sent here on the plea that the provi government taken the: Tule! funds for its own use. It cannot be dai ed that there are no abuses exist in the distribution of relict, but every effort is used to prevent them. Te is to be presumed that those Kueichow people who have been acting so callously, are misled by men who want to besmirch the present Kueichow Government. Whatever may be the virtues or: faults of the government, it is not making use of famine relief money entrusted to the provincial branch of the International Relief Com-
Robbers as Usui 'The province appears to be 3s robber infected as ever, and the: eastern section (i Kueiyang and Cheny' be in a most lawless condi travelling being almost impossible, except under strong ti (concurrently General li command of the Brigand suppression-forces) contemplates bringing about pro vineial unity by force of arms. At present there are several districts which are virtually independent. It is this state of things that tends to perpetuate the brigand curse.
In spite of famine prices and unrest, the lunar New Year has been "observed with the usus> festivities. It is astonishing how Record Length of Tuchunship But Nothing to Show for it
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