Water Only 5 C.M. Below Top of Dyke at Linchuang Nanking, July 23.
Disquieting reports about the continuous swelling of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers have been received here. It is generally feared that the upper reaches of the Yangtze will continue to rise.
The watermark of the Yell River at Lokou in Shantung regis: tered a further rise of eight centimetres yesterday, according to a report from Tsinan. Yesterday's level was 3123 metres which was higher than the maximum point of last year.
Great anxiety was aroused at Liuchuang in Honan yesterday when the Huangho was only five centimetres below the top of the dyke.
Meanwhile, the danger threatening a portion of the Lantienhsiang dyke along the Yangtze River near Shasi as result of a storm last Wednesday, has been narrowly averted.—Centra! News.
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