The Committee's Chinese Secretary, Mr. Leo Sha-mo, has just retarned from the famine region with set of fifty photographs illastr of the conditions prevailing.
The Committee's grant to Pochow has arrived, and $16,000 worth of grain has been purchased locally. Arrangements were made for the distribution of Tls. 2,400 at Suchien. Taotai Chang, Director of the Arsenal, offered $2,000 18 a special contribution to Mr. Lobenstine at Hosiynen, Dr. Jankio, of Sachien, was present at the last meeting, having come direct from the famine region. He showed the plan which had beea draw up for digging " new canal in order to relieve the Grand Canal which this year overflowed badly in Pochow.
It should be noted that the present famine, although not covering so wide an area as the previous one, is more severe where it exists. In the previous famine, the people had good crops the year before, but this time the flood adopt away the crops of a people who had before very bad harvests for some years, Consequently, the present distress comes upon them as a climax of misfortunes, Being less able to fall back on previous savings, they are dying in large numbers even before the Famine Relief Local Committees can get to work,
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