Chungking, Apr. 19.
the unprecedented low water stilt continues in the Yangtze and the Post Office still maintains the fleet from the water courses as far hatt of about 100 junks, further tr ing 10 a mile to wheat and rape, but it was.
Felleve congestion by "running a Impossible to carry water up to the truck service from "Changsha to) Inigher slopes. These third class hsien Kweiyang and Chungking. experienced no faming last winter It fs reported that mail has come {in spite of a severe drought "since thro chai In seven days Vist August, because it was possible by this route, a distance of 970 miles. (0. grow small sweet potatoes, uliliz~ Tumours thatthe Post Ing the water collected in. reservoirs id its own 140-ton fon the hillside previous to the 1 is hoped this drought. Now, however, all this materialize before the water has been used and the re-city again Is out off at the Chintan servoirs are completely dry. by' zero water. Such a small vessel could take care of the con Starvation Food mail at Tehang during low wa Strolling around the countryside supply a fast mail service during the to the north of the highway," Mr. winter, Something like 60,000 bass Baker saw drought-stricken farmer mail have been navigated through digging. out all shale stones, ste gorges by Junk without any actual ping off pieces of bare from the Toss or bags. It may be safe but it's frees, and mixing, the two with corm certainty slow. to make a porridge, the only sub-'The committee of Bi stance which would save them from is actively preparing the programme starvation. "From what T, saw on my of Coronation celebrations. visit" said My, Baker, "The people this part of the province are in It is hoped that the railway con-extremely bad shape." struction may be utilized to give There are 18,000 refugees in Chung thousands of relief workers a chance king, one of the largest cities to do the grading and carrying, white Szechuen, at the moment, and it was the Highway Administration is also said that 100 bodies were picked up bei approached for ce-operation. in the city every day, showing the ghastly ravages of the "famine in these parts. The ground was filed with "huge cracks through the drought, and until there is more rain will be Impossible to sow. any fresh crops, "The people of Chung-King, however, have not yielded famine conditions as quickly as the inhabitants of the famine areas the northern part of China, but T am very alarmed. for the future," lared Mr. Baker.
Rice should have been planted a month ago, but it had not yet been sown inthe district through which passed. From. Chungking to Changtu, a distance of 340 kilometres, only ten ber cent. had been planted is reported that one or two of ix measures drawn up by Gen.
ing-chin as a basis for co-opera tion between Szechuen. and the Central Government are rather stiff and mark the beginning of the end
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