Hankow, Apr. 15.
Ton million people in Szechuen are now without food, Mr. Eileht Iwal, acting Consul-General Chengtu, told Donel this afternoon, on hig arrival here by inthe frst three months of this year, he added, at least 5,000 people ied' of hunger' In Chungkiang alone. Help, Mr. Iwai declared, is urgently needed, and he expressed a hope that Japan would answer the call for Dagistance with food and mone; Baker, Executive International Famine Relief Commission, is now in Chungking, according to" Mr. Iwai, investigating the extent of the disster and the means of aiding the starving millions.
To-morrow morning, Mr. Iwal will board the s. Joyo Maru for Shanghai en route to Japan, where he has been recalled by the Foreign Office.—Domei.
Wants $15,000,000
Chengtu, Apr. 18.
An appeal for the issue of a famine relict Loan of $15,000,000 for the succour of drought victims in Szechuen, was made by General Liu Hsiang, Chairman of the Szechuen Provincial Government, in a telegram to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek.
In view of the grave situation in Szechuen, the $1,000,000 in bonds recently appropriated by the Executive Yuen was insufficient for the relief of the famine victims, General Liu said, He recommended that the {$15,000,000 loan be redeemed in nine years, annual interest being fixed at 6 per cent. with an annual sinking fund of $2,500,000.
Gen, Liu urged that the following measures be adopted for the issue of the new loan:
1—The 24th Year (4935) Szechuen Currency "Readjustment Treasury. Notes were converted into bonds of
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