None deny the splendid work of thi Commission but the various phases China International Famine Retief of tts work and the great good Ras already accomplished is not generally known. From the following lear and concise expositions by Br.
Baker. written en a most interesting way, @'Detier conception of the Commission's vast enterprise end the measure of tts success wilt be" pained, TPE keener the competition, the more does the youthful athlete develop in speed and strength. The more serious the crisis survived, the greater the development by the nation involved. Thus, during recent years, have famines in China been a period of growin.
The famine of 1920 extended over four northern provinees, and in severity compared with the' great famine of 1878. Yet it marked a beginning {in one of the most significant movements during the life of the Chinese Republic. In 1878, there was no lack of food in parts other than the famine areas, But it could not be transported to the drought-stricken regions, millions perished: During the latter days of the Chinese Empire, however, some five or six theusnnd miles of railway had been constructed and over this sufficient food was moved in 1920-21 to prevent any appreciable increase in. the death rate.
{the other three drough-stricken provines, namely, Chihli, Honan and Shansi,
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