Kaitfng, July 1.
Gen, Liu Chih, chairman of the Honan Provincial Government, acx companied by. Mr. Chen Ju-chen, head of the Honan Yellow River Bureau, and three engineers, left here for Northern Honan to inspect the Yellow River dykes this morning. He will be back two or three days later.
According to Mr, Chen Ju-chen, the Yellow River bed has become much narrower, decreased one fourth in comparison with last year. Th order to protect the Yellow River bridge more than 400 trainloads of stone were thrown last year into the river bed, Tt seems that th danger of the Yellow River this year much more serious than that of the previous years.
"A section of the Pingshan line, between Shiping and Sniping Southern Honan, was washed away fon June 29, with the result that the through communication is interrupt= ed, The No. 2 south bound express train from Peking stops at Chengchow, on the juncture of the Ping: han and Lungbai_ railways, "The local military authorities deny that the remnants of Gen. Sun Tlenying's army, stationed at Chengchow and Hsuchang in Central Honan, are tobe reorganized, But Gen," Liu Yueh-ting, formerly Gen. Sun Tien ying's higher officer, has beer dis charged, and reappointed as a mililary advisor to the Peking. Miltary Gen, Pang Ping-hsun, commandant of the 40th army, left for Peking re~ cently, in order' to report garrison affairs to Gen, Ho. Ying-chi, in of the Peking Military Council, and to attend the military confer= dragon goddess to the muagistrate's yamen and demanded that the magistrate do something to gee some Fain. The farmers have got 0 excited that they refused to carry away the images and at the same time they demanded that "the magistrate bow before the goddess. The situation assumed a "serious aspect for a time until the magistrate asked the Director of Finance Department to bow on his behalf
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