Foreign News: Pearls & Sables

Back in the U. S. from a tour of Chinese famine areas, Grover Clark, prominent in the U. S. colony for more than a decade, former editor of the Peking Leader reported last week that in the past year 5,000,000 Chinese have starved to death. He predicted that 2,000,000 more will die of starvation during the Summer.

With the Red Cross refusing aid, with the U. S. China Famine Relief Fund $1,400,000 short of its $2,000,000 quota, Chinese themselves are contributing 75% of what is being spent on Chinese famine relief. Major Chinese contributor...

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