A description of the organization land operation of the National Flood Relief Commission in the stricken up-river provinees of China was riven at the regular Y's Men's tifin meeting here yesterday by Mr. Jy Earl Baker, an official of the relief body who was the guest of honour forthe occasion.
"Mr. Baker briefly sketched the Jaiteutties experienced by the commission in its activities, relating the strenuous rts. made' to transport sufficient" wheat "to Hankow "to sustain the starving flood refugees during this coming winter, The fire, which destroyed over 0,000 piculs fof wheat at Hankow on Sunday, wil prove another obstacle to overcome, he declared. The monetary loss me volved, $100,000, possibly will have borne by the government, Mr.
eker anil, if the destroyed sour ill, which "was grinding, the grain, not held responsible. This fs due to the fact that the wheat shipments fate coveted only by insurance during marine transit, the government arising all other risks, he explain-
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