Bangkok, Jan. 4.
Excepting judges, all civil ser~ variis in Sian are to be required wear trousers instead of the Panung, or skirt, according to a unanimous decision by the State Council, The decision takes effect on April 1—Reuter. with this movement, the soldiers Founded up large 1 trubers of kidnappers, thieves and all sorts of Jcruminais and disreputable charaeters, Many were shot dead, and the others were compelled to find suit-jumble guarantors before they were re-eased, he results of this procedure have been highly satisfactory. Probably a ]ood "many of the big "shots" es-teaped to Soanghai where they are enjoying the amusements of the ouday season in the metropolis. However, large numbers of very Undesirable citizens were poksitivery There is no prospect of immediate Improvement in the situation here. 'The water in the Grand Canal at this place hag fallen only about three feot below the highest mark of the year, During the Autumn, some hhelds were left dry by the receding' water, In some places, wheat was sown, but later the waler rose and flooded the fields again, so that the seed wag lost, Within the past few weeks, many fields again have be~ come dry, but it ig entirely too late for sowing wheat, As Spring wheat simest unknown here, there will be no wheat crop next summer in the distelets which were flooded this year, Of course other Kinds of grain fan be planted in the Spring, but these cannot fully take the plaice of wheat, which is the principal crop of the district, 'The loss of the wheat means shortage of foyd, and severe suffering in many cases, une {il the 1937 wheat crop can be' har-
This is on the supposition that the breaks In the Yellow River dykes can be repaired before next summer. If not, the people of the flood dis-teleis again will be sunk in the depths of despair, Tu normal times, Sutsien has three us lines: one running down the Grand' Canal. to. Tsinklangpu, 62 miles away: one up the Grand Canal ty Yuinho Station on the Lunghai Railway, 40 miles away; and one retoss country to Hsueaowfu, 60 miles away, The road between Sutsien and Yulnho has been under water for four months or more. Far some months in the, Autumn, the launch Une between Sutsien and Tsingklangpu was stopped because the water was so high that the waves from the launches would endanger tke canal banks. However, the bus tine between these two cities has been in operation most of the time, with the kindly assistance of the ' cows slong the way. Instend of horse power, some of these busses should be rated by cow-power, according to the number of cows required to pull them, The cow-drawn machines usually make a specd of between one and two miles per hour.
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