Banks Burst and Big Tract of Land Ruined Peking, Aug. 22.
The Rev. K, Weber of the Roman Catholic Mission at Tssochowfy, in the south-eastern corner of Shantung, telegraphs to the China International Famine Relief Commission that the Yellow River dyke of Hoangehuang, north-east of Tstochowfu, hada 1,000-foot Break through "which a. torrent pouring.
'Ase veslt, Father Weber addy of country 50 miles long by five to 10 miles wide has been coled, damaging, Beyond hope of saving, the bean, millet and com crops.' The seriousness of the disaster is aggravated by the fact that these crops, brought on by the July rains after a long period of Teought, had given hope of alleviate ing the famine prevailing in. the now flooded district.—Reuter,
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