Serious Situation Created by Dry Season: Petitions for Help Hankow, Oct, 90.
It is reported locally that the autumn rice crops in the province of Hupeh and Hunan have been an almost complete failure owing to the dryness of the scase: position of the farmers serious while a rapid rise in p here is expected.
Tt ix understood that the local Chambers of Commerce are peti tioning the Provincial G for assistance and requesting that arrangements be made for the purchase of supplies from other pros vinees—Reuter.
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