Reports of Bad Conditions in Twelve Districts A detail survey, made wih Weihwe arters, has been made of the province Honan, north low River, where the ons ave terrible: the covers the twelve districts, Hei, can Hug, Chiyuan, 1h chia, and' Wen, and though some districts ave worse than thers, they are all in a very. bad way Droughts, lecuste, feeds ther with an carly frost ara responsible fur the very low crop throughout the entire art per cent, this autumn, showing. a drop as compared with 40 per cent. this spring, and 43, per event, the autumn of 1927, The district, of Fengehia, however, which in the muta of 127 reaped only 2 per cent. of its rep, stands eat cent, this This area contains people, many of whom are already affected yy fond shortage, mort unfortunate district in this pect is Yangwu, which reports that 80 per cent. @f its population are affected, while Mweis Hsin-
Hsiang, Ch'i, and Munchia are but little better, reportinse The most "fortunate dist Fengehiv, which reports cent. was to be expected. prives show an enormous increase everywhere, except in Fengeelin though it hae dropped pring, shows a_great ment on that of 182%
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