Ghastly Story of the Sufferings of the People: Pathetic Plea of "We Were Only Eating What the Dogs Ate"
The following graphic extract from a letter received on July 29 requires no comment. The letter is written by. the Rey. W. Simpson of Minchow, Kansu, to the} Associated Mission Treasurers, Shanghai, which body is receiving subscriptions for Mr. Simpson's famine relief fund, Mr, Simpson says:—Conditions are getting worse all the time instead of better. Marshal quartered allover are seizing all foodstuffs and leaving nothing for the people. This year's harvest is barely enough to feed the soldiery, Thence the people must surely starve, Only by aeroplane can any relief work now be carried on, "Tf you get a chance to see the American Red Cross Committee of Investigation please give them all the information I have from time to time given you, If they can arrange Aeroplane "service to Kansu some Tescue work can be done, otherwise nothing can reach us. Unless this done the Shensi and Kansu Provinees will be depopulated by next year, leaving at the most only 20 {0 28 per cent, of the native popula tion. Tt is horrible to think of itt shall be glad to give my services to help them in every possible way.
The Mohammedan rebellion is still going on, has never been quelled, "Ma Ting-hsiang, reached Nanking a month ago hoping to be accepted by the Nanking Govern ment to fight in Kansa against Feng. It he is. accepted by Naning ie means the rising "of the entire Moslem population of Shensi and Kansu and the carnage will be dreadful! result will be only God knows! Th your prayers and help.
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