Drought or Bandits Nanking, Nov, 25.
Approximately 1,500,000 persons in Kwweichow, representing one-fourth of the tala! population of the prov-nee, are homeless and on the verge of Starvation as a result of fires, droughts, and devastation by Com munist-bandits, It is said that not single town or city escaped pillage by Comminists towards the end of last year, and the disaster was further aggravated by the alarming, drought and hailstorms in the same winter.
A severe drought last summer and autumn caused more have, while thirteen districts in west "Kweichow suffered from fire disasters which rendered 20,009 persons homeless and caused material damage of more than $2,000,000. It ig stated that food supplies in Kweichow can last only for another three months.—Central
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