Thirty-Three Thousand Villages Affected and Nine Millions of Chinese Destitute Readers will remember that last j week we published the first news from the North in connection with the outbreak of famine in Chihli and -Shantung.. In this connection we. have received from the China Inter-which have been in progress in this! particular district.
At least ten Chihli hsien and 56 Shantung hsien are now facing venous famine due to drought and locusts, according to official reports
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