By means of a grant from the American Advisory Famine Relief Committee the Honan International Famine Relief Committee have been able to build a new piece of Yellow River dyke, at the bend of the River, which has not been built since the River changed its course to the North some 70 years ago. this dyke will tect some three hundred villages, and it as hoped that Chihli province will continue it so as to make a complete job of it. About 15,000 famine refugees have been employed on the dyke. The first 20 li should be completed in 10 days, but the remaining six li is at present held up owing to certain villages which want to be included inside the dyke, making trouble and obstructing the carrying on of the line projected by the engineer, The local missionaries and the Kaifeng Committee who are managing this enterprise, are deserving of all sympathy in a most trying situation.
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