The Foreign Secretary, he stated, eared Deaths of Five Undred had not received any report of Memphis, Tenn, Apr. 25. complaint from the Soviet Consu! at]
Over 100 persons are known to Shanghai that no letters or tele-be dend as a result of the floods but game had been allowed to reach (he it. in estimated that from 300 to 500 have per With regard to the documents Six more tow have been over solved in the Peking Legation Quar-whelmed, ter, Mr, Locker-Lampson said that ansas City is under six feet he was unable to state, until the of water. do ments. were examined, what Thousands of persons further jon the Government would con-down: the river are: frantically jer desirable to take in the mat-strengthening the embankments ter wing electric flares to detect Teaks.
Sir John Davidson (Conservative)
It is calculated that over 2000,-, asked whether Mr, Locker-Lampson 000 exbie feet of water are passing were aware that an official résme Memphis every sceoni—ten times of rome of the documents had the amount normally. issued stating care need net Ten million eres of land have, be taken of British eubjeets in mob oen inundated although the crest, faience because the British Govern. of the floods is only half way down ment was not likely to do anything the valley.
Dat seve "words," whereas Japan was very likely to use force.
Parmers! Resentment Mr. Locker-Lampson replied that Apr. 26.
The crest of the Mississippi food, still near here but within a day or two it will be endangering the! Fives and property of the beautiful tity of New Orleans unless drastic stops are taken. Consequently the Governor of Louisiana has appealed fo the Secretary for War at Washington for permission to dynamite the embankments below New leans, The overflow would then inundate many savara miles of farm lands.
The excited farmers are already authentic information—Reuter.
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