May 19, 1921 (April 12), yau, the famine in northern China, more than ten thousand children starve to death. the farmers


children starve to death roadside
"declaration" reported on May 19 that since the spring of this year, the continuing drought in the north, famine worsened. Tangshan, within any five counties particularly severe famine. Reporters wherever he went, the bark is stripped eat net, along starvation nobody buried. The exposed body wilderness. Tin inside the seedlings withered, but not green. Towns and villages populated the sparse, housing decadent, a Destitution scenery. Flee from famine everywhere, inability to maintain a minimum of food and clothing, sick and elderly people and children livelihoods insecurity.
According to incomplete statistics, until mid-May, the children died of hunger has reached 12,377 people. Trafficked persons up to 5057 people. People low price, and that every child at least only a dollar, the highest price but 50 yuan. (History. Cn)