So far are the local officials, gentry and Chamber of Commerce from thinking that the end of the trotibles is in sight, that they are now feverishly organizing, or ther, reorganizing the local Red Cross Society. For these two days past representatives of all these bodies, together with members of the Mission body in the city have been in conference, and within a few days full organization will have been completed for handling whatever situation may result, Messages to Peking and Shanghai have been sent out by the Association for material assistance of money and drugs. The Society has asked for and have received the promise of the China Inland Mission Hospital and for the reception and treat= ment of wounded soldiers, when they eventually reach the city.
Famine Relief Held Up rather sad that these have put a practical stop to the work of the International Committee for the administration of the surtax funds that have come. The Peking authorities al~ located "$150,000 of this fund to Honan, of which sum half has al~ ready been received. The Com= has instructions from Poking that three-fifths of these funds should be used for granting relief by labour and two fifths for direct relief. In carrying out the Labour relief it has been planned to project road building on an ox-tensive scale, especially in Counties that need relief most, By tis hoped to finally for roads across from the Kin-Han n-Pu line, and others to Chowehiakow, and to Nai nyangfu. By this means, in ies of stress, when the rail com= munication across the province is suspended, these roads may utilized to bring in supplies. Further by going to Chowehiakow and Nanyang the contre of the province will be in contact with the rivers of the southeast and the southwest, For all times of stress crisis, such rouds will be a very, great asset to the province.
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