(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Two hundred and thirty one persons died during last week in the vicinity of Aden, one of the two important seaports of Yemen, in the small pox epidemic which is raging there.
Four Jews were among the victims of the epidemic. The rabbinate of Aden proclaimed two days of fast and prayer.
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