Famine coniltions at Tuhshan Milly), five days south-east of Koeiyang, "are very" bad, but in Chenyuan (it 38) where Tam at present, they are far worse; ith" places, rice and other food~ stuffs are difficult to obtain (even at $18 per bushel, this is true of Chenywan to-dey) and daily, many die of starvation. And typhus rages. nearly everywhere, In this city of Chenyuan, which is the head of the Yuan River for large boats, not one boat (except the ferry, and one or two fishing oats occasionally) fs tobe seen; trade is dead, so. business people ave gone elsewhere. One striking End deplorable feature is the wrest umber. of empty and dismantled Touses to be seen, in come part this is due, partly to brigand tacks, mainly" (Iam told). to. the villainy of horde after horde of soldiers; first, Yunnanese in 1923- 24, and then Seechuanese and Kuelchow men, who have torn away Soodwork of all kinds for firewood.
'The schools and temples have ent fered badly as well as private dvwollings. Things have come to such a ass that now the people themselves tre pulling: houses' to: pieces to get firewood.
With the coming of General Chuw Si-cheng's soldiers, things are some. what better as these men are well disciplined and do nog oppress the people, while at the same time they Zeem to be slowly suppressing the
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