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in the Chinese calendar and if times had been normal incense sticks land Joss. paper would have been [burned by tons by the superstitious populace.
The Ghost Festivals was not served in Hankow, possibly for the first time in its Mistery. Buddhist temples, wrecked by floods, are quiet and ile and -many of the Buddhist monks "have. no doubt joined the ranks of the refugees. No sacrificial rites are being held. The tpisity most go" hungry and perine The joss paper is one of the big industeics of Hankow. Tons of fare burned monthly in temples and individual, homes. to appease the spirits, The floods have put a come plete stop to the practice not be-lease the populace' has lost its superstition, but because no loxs paper is available. The entire stock tag been destroyed by flood waters.
Superstitions are always an- out: standing feature ina, natural fstamity in this country. The nae fiver are strongly under the convietion that the floods have been caus Jed by the Dragon God whose wrath tuas aroused by the recent demolltien of his temple. The "divine" waters would not subside until the longer of the dragon is appeased.
Mr. Liu Wen-tao, the Connissioner of Civil Affairs, told relief workers that he actually saw a Jévagon while crossing the river when the flood was at its peak—[United Sept, 11.
The waters of the Yangtze at Hankow have subsided another two shes and the Customs gauge now registers 60 foot 5 inches.
The large matsheds built outside the city at Hungshan have been completed and on. Wednesday all the refugees in the Wa-han area will be moved to their new A. remittance of $400,000 from the National Flood" Relief Com jon has been received here. A large, consignment of foodsstutts contributed by Jauanese, consist ing of 22,000 bags of white rice and 60,000 bags of wheat flour, will shortly be shipped here. "In addition, 30,000 woollen blanket and a quantity of milk are on the way here from Nanking.—Kuo Min, Dykes at Poyang Collapse Nanchang, Sept. 13, According to an urgent message, ithe Taiping Dyke at Poyang, en the leastorn shore of the Poyang Lake, has collapsed. Flood waters youringe in from a breach half a ti wide, Ihave wrought considerable destruc: tion to Poyang city and its environs, [The whole of Poyang is now under "About 100 houses have been elighed and over 1,000 nhabit~ ins.
Within the last three days, the Kan River has suddenly risen' five tet, is believed that many da: tricts along Kiangsi's main water~ lway have been stricken. While scanty reports of conditions Ihave been received, corpses in a Inighly decomposed' stated floating
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