Reports arriving from all parts of Chihli, Honan, Hunan wd Kuangtung provinces indicate that the! flood situation ix more serious than' was at first realized, - Gre (says the latest Flood Relief Commission bulletin) are being made to' awaken the Chinese public as to the: necessity for concerted action, and it is to be hoped that they will gi their best support to the activities of the Chinese Red Cross and the China International Famine Relief!
Commission, both of which are organizing to cope with the possibility, widespread famine in the provinees referred to duri months, The China Famine Relief Commission is receiv ing daily reports from sources all over the afflicted areas. They have} invited Mr. Lawrence Impey, whom many will remember as Into engineer to the American Red Cross China Famine Relief and to the China International Famine Relief Commis sion, to ack as Director of Publicity. and Statistics, and it is felt that this department will be uble to render a great service to the famine suffer-cers and to the general public in the present emergency.
The following reports as to Mood] conditions have been received by the Commission for the period August] 5-6, hing Fung Hsien.—Reports from here indicate continuous rain. since the beginning of July, with the result that the rivers in the northwestern part of the hsien have broken their dykes in many. places. Eight villages are said to be submerged, and five fect of water iv covering the fields, all the crops and many buildings being destroyed.
Wanhsien—Ten days rain here hax resulted in a flood at least two feet deep, the damage to the whole haien being estimated at over Shaho-—Hus had ten days steady rain, the water pouring down from the mountains to the east, with the result that many villages are submerged and farms and houses washed away.
Hantan—Thirty hours' continuous rain caused the rivers to rise very rapidly, particularly the Fu Sin Ho. To the northeast of the hsien floods are serious, and a break 200 feet ong has occurred water. ing, however, and the water is subsiding, so that it is to be hoped that results 0 serious as at first was feared Yang Yuan.—Has ins, flood. rough the breaking of the Chung Ting Ho about 10 vil-Tuges on the western bank of the Tsu Ya Ho have been submerged.
Fung Jun—On July 17-18 there was heavy rain and the rivers rose very rapidly. The eastern dyke of the Wei Hsiang Ho was broken and about 34 villages were submerged, many farms and houses being washed away. Some 23,000 people are reported to be affected.
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