Drought in Shantung and Anhui: Floods in Fukien Nanking, June 12.
Appeals for help have been received by the Famine Relief Commission from the provinces of Shantung, Anhui, and Pukien. The fist two Provinces ere suffering from drought, while much damage has been done in Fukien by the recent floods.
In a telegram to Nanking, Ger. Han Fuchu, Governor of Shantung, states that no rain has. fallen in several districts for about four months, that a large percentage of the crops consequently has been lost. Gen. Liu Tsen-hua, Governor of Anhui, ports that the shortage of rain in his province has caused considerable destruction of wheat and crops, and says that a large section "of the rural Population is urgently in need of
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