Manila, Aug. 14.
Carrying quantities of rice anil other supplies, the Government ship Bustamente is sailing this afternoon, for the Batanes Islands in order to relieve the danger of starvation there.
Residents of the Batanes "have money, but nothing to spend it on. Dependent upon the regular arr of supply ships, they sometimes die in considerable numbers when a long series of storms keeps ships from touching Vessels have touched only infrequently daring the past few weeks and food supplies have been exhausted, resulting in the dispatching of urgent distress calls to] which the Bustamente is responding.—United Press.
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