Hangchow and Shanghai have. been polo on the railway between more or less crowded with refugees from the drought oan) Many ave from door to door, clit work on opt themselves alive "by beg
fanals for wages helped. in" some fectons "nour and. in some caves nall"sums of money" have been distributed to those remain in their homes, Soup it~ hens" operated just beyond the famine dlutricts nave. been successful, "When tried in or near the esitute spots, overcrowding re= fuits,"Mten™ may" manage 10 get Sway and. work, but the wanton find" children are the greatest aut 'The winter has been comparative: ty' mild, no serious epidemic has Yet Slatted among them and only a fey have: died from exposure.
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