"Given time, which is essential, veith selentifie' methods and technical devices at our disposal, we shall be able eventually 0 subjugate the Yellow River, or China's Sorro and place it under human control This outburst of optimism, coming, as it did from Mr. Kung Hsiang-yung, chairman of the Yellow River Cot servancy Commission, carried with it good deal of weight, for if there any one in China who knows much Jabout controlling the truculent and mischievous river, he is the man.
Mr. Kung has just concluded one of his periodic visits to Nanking to confer with officials In the National Economic Council, and especially with Dr. H. H. Kung, Minister of Finance, who Is concurrently a. member of the standing committee of the NEC.
'In addition to he engineering do-periment in the conservancy commission, which has been in charge of all technical planning for the ultimate JEontrol of the river, a so-called river Jdefence department' has been created Mr. Kung revealed. This new department has four sections each responsible for a particular task.
The first section, that of repairing, has the assigned duly of examining the need of repairs along the river, land of making necessary preparations therefor. The second section will be In charge of both the telegraphic and telephonic communication between various points along the river in Jorder to facilitate exchange of reports. It is also responsible for main {aining highways parallel to the river good condition.
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