Kaifeng, Sept. 27.
Over 100 fect of the Yellow River embankment at a point about 13 miles north of Chungmachsion has been washed away by the floods, according tojan urgent message rece ed here at the Provincial Government Building.
The situation there is described i Troops and Brigands Peking, Oct. 2.
Oficial reports reaching here state that two British missionaries were carried off, one by troops and the other by brigands in Kueichow last month.
(Here appear the details given above of the capture of the Rey. Cecil Smith).
On September 14 the Rev. D. F. Pike, also of the China Inland Mis jon, was captured by brigands at southwest Kueichow, While he was travelling from south Kueichow to Anchun, Yunnan. as dangerous as a number of districts are now inundated, with the water threatening the southern part of the province. 'The Provincial Government is rushing labourers to) the spot to effect the necessary re-airs. 5 'A sum of $40,000 has also been' appropriated for the construction, although, according to Mr. Ho Chi-chun, Chairman of the Yellow River Conservancy Board, at least $200,000 will be necessary to strengthen the embankment at other points in order to remove all danger from the rising water of the Yellow River—Kuo 'The British authorities made representations to the Kueichow and Nanking Governments, urging that every effort shall be made to obtain'
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