Amsterdam, Jan. 20.
King George has wired to Queen Wilhelmina expressing his sympathy at the distress caused by the floods in Hol'and Queen Wilhelmina, to-day continued her inspection of the flooded districts. The waters are still rising and the floods spreading.
The Dutch Government, while shown by foreign countries, has intimated that it does not desire relief funds still very The waters at Landomecr have risen w further seven inches and have passed the high watermark of che great floods in 1885.
Ware Island has lost 1,500 cows and numbers of sheep, pigs and poultry while all the houses have been undermined by the floods.
The military authorities have ordered he evacuation of Uitdam Brock.—Reuter Special.
The Hague, Jan. 24.
As a token of its sympathy and esteem for the Dutch people the British Government has sent the Minister for Foreign Affairs £2,000 to be used for the sufferers from to be opened abroad.
'A dyke has burst at Termonce, in Flanders.
The floods on the Meuse destroyed a bridge near Namur. Many people have been drowned in the adjacent. villages.
Later.
The flood in North Holland is subsiding. The waters at Pur-morond, the most critical spot, fel. a foot yesterday but a storm the flood.
The King of the Belgians has sent a personal gift of £200 for the same purpose.—Reuter Special.
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