Tsinan, July 25.
Forewarned by the Ninghsia provincial] authorities of a.sharp rise of the Yellow River in its upper reaches, the Provincial Government here is taking every precaution to check a possible flood in Shantung.
According to telegraphic advice from Gen, Ma Hung-kwei, Chairman of Ninghsia, the water level of the Hwangho registered a sharp rise of seven meters in its upper reaches recently as the result of the flow from mountain freshets, A sympathetic rise in the lower reaches in Shantung, Gen, Ma predicted, will probably occur in ten days—Central News.
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