Wang- Chen-ping, who has been in Peking for a few days making a report to the Government concerning the floods at Tientsin and other ports of Chibli province, returned to Tientsin this morning.
'The Governor of the Metropolitan Area, the Commandant of the Peking Garrison and the Superintendent of Metropolitan Police _have arranged fo send three cars of foodstuffs to Fenghsan, the Western' Tombs and the Western suburbs for the immediate relief of flood suf-forers.
'An emergency meeting of the executive committee of the China International Famine Relief Commission, held yesterday afternoon, decided' to organize a national campaign throughout China in order to raise funds for the relief of the flood stricken areas, which include! 'Kuangtung, Fukien, Hunan, Kiangsi and Chihli.' Urgent telegrams have been sent to the affected districts and the Committee is gathering information as to the number of in need of relief and the cone of the crop It is estimated by Mr. C. J. Todd, the Commission's Engineer, that in'
Shangha and Sanho, to breaks in the dyke at Peiyunho.
The greatest damage was probably in Tungchow where the water reached a height of seven to eight fect fon level ground. At Paoti half of the district is under water. The break curred at Shangha and Sanho. Shunyihsien and Wu Tsing-hsien are also reported to be flood-
Chihli:—In Chihli province outside the Metropolitan Area the worst disaster occurred at Kalgan. Five thousand refugees are reported to be in Kalgan city alone. All the grain shops wore on low-lying ground and there is undoubtedly a food shortage in the city.
"An agent of the Commission reports from Tinghsien that the Shaho overflowed its banks on July 13 at Hsinlihsien, resulting in flooding that hsien. Many villages wer> destroyed and thousands are homeless in that region.
The Tsumaho, to the south of Peking, is also in flood. The city
and Hsinchenghsien is of Chochow is entirely submerged, affected.
Fukien:—No fresh news as to conditions has been received from Foochow, but a wire from the Governor of the province has been received in which assistance is asked for.
Hunan:—According to Mr. H. C. Roberts, Secretary of the Hunan Committee of the Commission, who is now in Peking to report on conditions, the worst flood inthe memory of natives has occurred in the south, central and northwest sections of the province; where and the Manchurian border—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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