Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1894 — FIFTY MILLIONS STARVING. [ARTICLE]

FIFTY MILLIONS STARVING.

National Congress at Lahore Asks the Government to Succor Them. The resolutions adopted by the National Ind an Congress declare that 50,000,000 of people are on the verge of starvation, and urge the Government to take immediate steps to succor them. The resolutions adopted by the Congress also recorded the deep regret of the members at the hasty enactment closing the mints, which it was claimed further burdened the people with taxation and disconcerted important trades and industries, notably the cotton-spinning industry. In addition the Congress emphatically protested against the exchange of compensation to undomiciled European or Eurasian employes and banks. The next Concress will meet at Madras.