To the Biliter of the "Norrncuia Datty News"
Sm—Kindly allow me space to draw the attention of your readers to the diartrous famine now raging tu the province of Hlunan, whic has Tong sutored from searelty of food in' consequence of flood and Srought during the part two yours The situation has now changed from tad fo worse: people de of hunger umber by thousand. daily in one Uiaret alone (Ling Sianeli). refugees have to eat anything from grass to clay (a white coloured clay called "Buddha Clay"), the price rice tu the capital of ie provines last year at this time, In spite of the strenuous efforts made by the philanthropists various parts—two of these gentlemen who donated $10,000 and $12,- 000,000 respectively, which they realized by sale of their personal properties, deserve special mention, the fund collected is still out of; Proportion to cope with the situation. As the next crop will not come in until August, the writer cannot see how these poor sufferers can live on during this interval, unless the relief work is replenished with ample funds.
The state of affairs, as outlined by the correspondence published in the "China Press" in the April 27. one or two places. There are more than 20 cities which are in the most, serious condition, and where people are giving away their children just to diminish the number of mouths to be fed, and many commit suicide in order to escape from the low and painful torture of starvation.
The writer has done his bit, and fon behalf of these poor sufferers, he makes an earnest appeal to the general public to render them what ever assistance they can avi Donators are kindly requested to send their subscriptions to the Bank of Eh committee consisting of five persons, namely: Fung Shu, Soong Han Chang, Wang Yih Ting, Vu Shao Kang and the writer, are responsible for the spending of the money. A well experienced an absolutely reliable person is taking charge of the relief work in Chany sha, and the donators are hereby assured that every cent will be profitable used for the suffering people, and the writer wishes to further draw the attention of the pub-Hic that one dollar subscribed means tone life saved in the famine dise trict, Thanking you for your valuable space, Tam, ete,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.