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KOWLOON HOTEL

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THE

HONGKONG

WUHAN HORRORS INCREASE,”

THOUSANDS DIE FROM DISEASE.

TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1931.

INDIAN OUTLOOK.

GANDHI INVITED TO SIMLA.

Simla, Aug. 22. Tho Viceroy has invited Gandhi to Simla If it is considered that misunderstanding requires clearing up-Reuter.

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Shanghai, Aug. 28. Reuter's Haaków correspondent, telegraphing on the 22nd says that Wuhan is sighing, for relief. To day the water is still stendy, bui

Ahmedabad, Aug. 22. while there is a limilt even to these Viceroy does not desire

Gandhi In pointing out that the to ter- floods, the misery is un- ghastly Hmited. Oficials of the Standard minate the truce, informed his fol- (le, civil Oil Company state that their aur-lowers that the fight, Veya in Hupeh show that 35,000 disobedience) cannot be renewed aquare miles (half of the province) without the permission of the Con- in flooded and they estimate at gress Working Committee-Reta 50,000,000 the number of homelesster.

and destitute.

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the pan, 20,000 square miles of į four, inches, with floods still ris-

are fooded and the ex-ing. All travelling in by sampan, timate of the destitute in 2,000,000. junk, and motor boat. -It-la-physically impossible-to-esti Thousands of one-storeyed housca. mate the number of deaths in these are submerged by the foods, and provinces, but they will unquestion-collapses continue hourly, ably reach 2,000,000. In Wuhan The military authorities Have alone from starvation and disease, forcibly removed thousands there are now a thousand deaths a refugees

roofs, but thog- hands still remain, stunned by All the corpses are thrown into the disaster, and apathetically the river together with dond doge, awaiting their fate. donkeys and bornes, etc.

day

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It is serious fact that super-

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It is becoming widely recognised stition holds thousands in that no scheme of immediate re-grip. They are convinced that lief la possible owing to the lack of Hankow is doomed, and refuse to

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Mahatma Gandhi walking through a streat at Ahmedabad en- gaged in a "walking conferenca with Congress leaders on the domestic situation. "On his right (left of picture) is Sadar Val-

Jabhai Patel, President of the Congress.

Chaos and Famine.

facilities for the transportation of help themselves, or be helped, food atuffs. Relentless Nature merely awaiting death. which brought about the floods must be left to complete her ravages, and when her tell of mil- The native areas of Hankow lions has been taken human endea- and Wuchangare places vour can step in to save what re- maina.

السيارة

Japanese Estimate.

of

At

misery, desolation, and death. least 10,000 people have perished since the floods overwhelmed the cities, and 100,000 are homeless, and destitute.

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Food relief officials and Standard Oll representatives yesterday flew over the Hun river and report the

Dysentery same monotonous story of a spread.

and

are typhoid of water as far as the eye can claiming many victims daily, and reach. Innumerable refugees are

doctors

when believe that crowding the dyke-tops, which are the floods subside probably in only a foot above water and they Sepember, serious epidemica must are without means of subsistence | rage. und must gradually auccumb to So far no apparent progress starvation, disease and exposure has been made

in feeding the Reuter.

{multitude of starving destitutes. There is chaos on every hand,, and suffering and disaster

beyond Hankow, Aug. 23.

description. Very little food is. According to a report from the procurable, and

there are Japanese Consulate here, more vegetables. The threat of famino Im- than 10,000 persons in the three becomes more serious daily. districts huge perished in the flood mediate relief is required to save disaster within a recent period the thousands of lives.. It is a Rensha.

stupendous task which cannot be orgnised locally-Router.

Appeal to All World. Hankow, Aug. 22. Ruuter's special correspondent

Geneva, Aug. 22. yesterday toured the native city The International Red Cross of Hankow and found the water Committee and the League of Na- Lo. be ten, twelve and fifteentions Red Cross Societies have ap foot deep in different parts. The pealed on behalf of Hankow to all present water marks is 53 feet the Red Cross Societies of the

Hankow Stunned.`

SALESMAN SAM

I'M GOIN' TO TH' BALL GAME, KITTY - SAM'S GONNA BURN

'EM OVER THE PLATE FER

THE HOME TEAM-

HE IS? OOH, I; HOPS ME WINS

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world, and have arranged that the Chinese Red Crosa shalt undertake the distribution of the gifta re- ceived from the nations-Reuter.

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Paintings from the Life.

Paintings Restored.

At overy turn in Life's road one feels the noad of books, A visit should be made at once to

THE STAR STORE, HANKOW ROAD. (app Star Theatre) Every book thoroughly cleaned and treated with a prolestive solution.

YEP, ITS ME, GU22.

WHAT'ER YA DOIN' OUT HERE? I THOUGHT THEY

WERE GONNA.

PIXCH YA THIS

AFTERNOON 2o

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THEY DID

DIDN'T THEY?