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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 21, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 8.

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Suffering China

Suffering China.— United States Consul Gracey at Nanking, China, according to the Oregonian, reports pitiful conditions in Nanking and other refuge centers. "Fifty thousand to 100,000 famine refugees in hovels on swampy lands are practically foodless, clothingless, and sleeping in mud and water. Epidemic is feared. Consul and strong American relief committee request special Red Cross appropriations." The society announces that it will forward contributions sent to it at Washington. News despatches also declare that in the province of Tien-Tsin and thereabouts there are 500 dying daily of the plague. It is said that Russia, China, and Japan feel their inability to check the plague in Manchuria. For weeks Mukden's daily toll of plague victims numbered 175. Of those attacked, 98 per cent die. It has been the greatest calamity for generations. Many missionaries are doing heroic work in the fated districts.