July 20.
Wirs the opening in Shanghai to-day of the office of the Technical Committee of the Yangtze River Commission the hope may be expressed that a start has at length been made on the problem of the Yangtze. At present all that is called for is a survey of the river and the collection of data on which a scheme may be based for the improvement of navigation and the betterment of the riverine territory, but sooner or
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