Mulin River in. Flood From Oce Ows (F: reroxtext:
Hubinn, June 24.
Yesterday afters" the whirl of a crat soter wat "san over the soon a feat aeroplane could be seen desettitag. The pilot turned out to ce COWun: Jean de 'Sidour, with his cha"™&aing American' wife and a mechstit "xuamed Damet, who are making a S5Tang tour of the [Far East.
At the aerodrome trey were met: by representatives *f the Chinese lauthcrities and Wy the French (Consul, Mr. Reynanl-The great acronis a Farman with the latest Git™&e engines and a delightfully fitted &sp cabin with every possible confer'.. The outside Jof the aeroplane is scorered with emblems, coats of #™3 and Lanners lof the countries thea gh which the aeroplane has fet dates being attached. From the it may be [seen that a visit wis Mads to Saigon land to New York i 1529 and to Tripoli in 1990. The Ratest emblem that of the USS.<R. and Lake After congratulatcans the fliers were driven by the French Consul to the Hotel MotrTeae where the [Count kindly gave a jaterview to the press. He suit that be leit Paris on June 16, Making: his first stop at Koenigsberr ®=nd the second Jat Moscow, which liteer city he left jon June 18. Ao Siberia stops were made at Jand Irkutsk, and afte crossing into. Manchuria, a stop ¥*%s made at the the mest. difficult of the Urels, Lake Bexibal, and. the art of the flight #8 the cross
Hingan Mountains, ery heavy fog being inet with at th e ast named place, causing a deviation of course. Not "far from Taicam station iberia the party int "Young Japan" flying wes:
This morning the journey was resumed, the wat "sop being Mokden, From MokRien the Count fly to Peking, hanghai, and anking, and then ie" the weather Keeps fine, visits vit lo -mede to Jother places in Chita and probably TThe return flight \ovfl_be through Harbin si ibe: about a month's tse.
Little has been beat El of the floods on the eastern lise "-2f the railway fas the district wher the greatest hhavoe was done lies @~way from the GER. to the north of the Mulin ines. An Raglishmen has [just arrived in the ten who kas a harrowing tale to Wt-1 of the suf-forings of, the. pes san vis who reside Inear the frontier of SSoriet Russi He and his party Were out on special mission ani "were drenched jin rain which poresd down for several days, forcing them to give all the work they had gone out. Jon. There are many "villages along the Mulin river, the " eacants being ally engaged ima timber cut-Hing, tilling only soMaicient ground for their own needs.
'Alarming repeats vot the river' rising to un enarme" extent began to. spread, many ill: agers hastily feuing their smal soleaings sides of the metaiairas. One day making. for higher c2romd or the
the flood came in thee shape of a Iseven-foot wall of water which spread itself all we the lowlands Jon each side of the 1 ~Zer, sweeping whole villages away swith the force of its current.
Neither man nor len est could stand Jagainst the great low! of water and there is no saying byw many lives were lost of how much livestock was swept away and- dom tued, but many had escaped to ko Lis where the water could not rach them, taking with them sufficient prov: to support them for "ro to three weeks.
The men who brvs=cht this story to Harbin states thet he tele for three days through wvaier two to Hfour feet deep until vas able to P each land which wass beyond the Jenormous flood. Ile al =o states that. the railway which rur-<s (0 the Mulin Jcoal mines is so bally damaged that fe will taxe several nezeks to put it into working order sx=ain, 1
He is a man who hat s travelled in many parts of the srorll and seen many great foods, hut he declares that he has never urn such " great wall of water as he aww la the Mulin river, which struck t—ater into the hearts of all that aw it.
The district is far w-amoved from larly town or railve; and as there fare no officials inthe—vilages it is probable that nothing—will be heard Jef the sufferings of tthe peasants from this great few,
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