Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tuesday 30 December 1913, page 9


FAMINE IN JAPAN, j

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MANY THOUSANDS STARVING:

TOKIO, Dec. 28.

The famine in the Provinces of Aomori and Hokkaido is the worst since 1869. The crops have not averaged one thousandth part of the

normal yield.

run. on the local banks continue. Mun; thousands of people are starving, and parents are selling their daughters, numbers of whom are arriving daily in Tokio for the Yoshiwara,, or for shipment abroad.

The Government has granted 6,000,000 year for the relief of the destitute.