Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1911 — SCENE IN PLAGUE-STRICKEN MANCHURIA [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SCENE IN PLAGUE-STRICKEN MANCHURIA

THE 'deaths from plague in Manchuria amount approximately to 200 daily, but the reduction in the death rate In different centers continues. The procession here depicted shows the inhabitants of Kwang-cheng-tsze, near Harbin, parading the streets with a figure of Buddha, to whom prayers are daily offered for deliverance from further spread of the terrible scourge. Although the most stringent precautions are being taken by the Chinese authorities, the question of continuing the unstinted expenditure which is being incurred in combating the plague is becoming critical.

PARADING WITH BUDDAH OF DISEASES