Sights to Wring Pity from Hardest Hearts Details of famine sufferers con ing long distances to get food at the Salvation Army gruel kitchens Suiyuan, and many dying on the way, are given in a report reecived by the China International Famine Relief Commission from Mr. McKenzie, a commissioner who reently returned from a trip to Suiyuan. Over 16,000 people are getting at the Salvation Army gruel Xitehens the bowl of gruel each McKenzie "I may say that all whom we are relieving are in des-parate straits, many of them having come in from the surrounding dis-rote, some travelling long distances to seek sustenance. Others en route to the kitchens from the country have fallen by the wayside through exhaustion and have died, their bodies in turn being devoured by hungry dogs and wolves, 1,200 Li to Get Food At Savatsi there was one party 41,200 Li, taking a matter to do this. The party ws Jarger than five when it started, but only five reached Saratsi and they were so completely exhausted, that they fell in the street and ultimately crawled into the shadow of an old broken-down building. To these our officers took porridge and aid 80 for a fortnight, until they gathered strength sufficient to be able to walk to one of the kitchens. say that our officers have deed, all of them sick and sore of Body. The sight of them would wring pity from the hardest heazt as they lay in holes and hovels ound about."
The funds for this Salvation Army relief work have come part Jy from the relief funds raised in the United States and transmitted through the American Advisory Committee on Famine Relief in Peking. A total of $44,000 has been given for this purpose from American sources. The purchase and shipment of the grain has been handled by the DERE.
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