After all that has been written of the condition of the Haiho and the really desperate measures that have hnd to be taken to keep Tientsin in touch with the sea, Nature has come to the rescue. The huge volume of water from the flooding of the Yungtingho -has swept all the accumulated silt out of the Haiho, except for a few hard patches which the dredgers will deal with easily enough. Already vessels of ft. draught are allowed up the river, indeed a Japanese [ship went up and down again safely that drew more, and by the end of September.it is expected that 12 {t. draught ships will be coming to the Tientsin bund. What this means may be realized from the fact that already several months ago, as we are told by eve-witnesses, it was very nearly possible to walk across the river of the International Bridge, where from bank to bank it is some 200 yds wide. Our correspondent in Tientsin. says that people are wondering what will now become of the Haiho Improvement
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.