8 a serious and usually well-informed London weekly. Earl Russell, as Mr. Bertrand Russell, is a competent student of public affairs, although his views on some subjects do not commend themselves to everyone Earl Russell. contribuung "A Weel ly Diary" to "The New Statesman and Nation," should be worth read ing. "Yet this is what his dary says in referring to China; The slate of altairs in China is much more dreadful than most people know. There has been very severe {amine 10" over a year: In the province of Hunan, alone, 110000 persons died of hunger six months. (My authority" Dulletin "of "Les Amis clu Peuple Chinois." 'a. French Soctety of
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