Sir John Hope Simpson's Former Well-Known Resident Impressions of Visit to Eight Charters Reported from Declared Innocent Central China Pacific Coast From Ov OwN Connesronpent Hankow, Dee, 10. one of the female refugees, irres-In addition to previous, charters In an interview to-day with Sir Pective of whether se happened Macao, Nov. 23. reported, eight more freighters John Hope Simpson, director-bring them into the world or not, A rather big fire in the Chinese! eneral of the National Flood Re-every time they felt the pangs of der the Sage of various nations quarters a few days ago gave the States Farm Board wheat and flour ye carry Un fet Commission, Reuter was given hunger. The camp was also. well writer an opportunity to witness impressions of his. short visit run by Chinese." Around. it the from Pacific Coast ports to Shang-the or tion of the Macao Fire! this centre. "Sir John arrived la water was still three feet deep and hat for the National Flood Relief Hankow last, Sunday and leaves for the drop per day was estimated at mission, according to. informa-this brigade was organised by Nanking to-day, about three. inches. Dykes every-received in Shanghai shipping Major Craveiro Lopes. few years The main object of his visit where seemed to have collapsed and ago and since that time great imcircles on Dee. 11, Hankow was connected with the occasional rounds of earth were Provements have been effected by The charters in question were centralizing of administration and! the only sign. of them remaining Captain Gaudencio Conceicao, the negotiated by Mr. W.'L. Comyn, of control, Which, it is hoped, will re, above the water. present chief of the Fire Brigade, Comyn & Ca, of Seattle and Portsult in' speeding up relief work and Sir John said that the ultimate the most modern" machines andi 'The brigade is well equipped with putting the organisation" aim of the Commission was to hays sounder basis, three standard camps for widows very rare at the present time for 'Sir John has inspected the Jand orphans, each to house' about ters, according to the information 2 building to be completely destroyfugee camps (Black 2, received here, for wheat fire, 100 persons, while it was, hoped Hill) and at Kinkow, a camp some to get the male refugees at work and $3.25 for flour." By this The whole force is composed of rales up, che Yangtze, and alo the the craft involved either have sailed Zo" men divided" between Yefuges. hospitals at Wuchang. Sir on, the reconstruction works "that Were necessary after the raya ohn, who has done—extensive the flood a from the Pacific Coast, with their three, stations, cargoes or now are loading on machines are nearly all of Columbia River or Puget Sound for English make and the building was famine relief Work in India, Another point which Six John Shanghai, where the majority of only constructed recently, pressed his surprise at the differ-stressed was, the failure of crops ence in the psychology of the Chi-through the flood and the stupend: the grain is discharged for up-river There is also attached to the nese people to that of the. peoples! ous task that' was approaching trans-shipment, The freighters 30 Central Station a medical post of India under very much the same engaged are the British str. Cros under the direction of Dr. Diniz learing for the victims of a famine that was inevitable, ington Court, 2719 tons. net, and every day nearly four hundred cently on the African Coast: British people come for treatment, Peaking on Us vst to the Black Victims of the flood, augmented John said he was astonished at the tanyang) refugee camp, Sir str, Tilsington Court, 4335 tons net, According to the reports of last by the increasing stream of re-recently on Pacific Coast: British fugees from "Red" territory and year 20,000. people received medical conditions prevailing there. Bear-str. Sinnington Court, 4345 tons net, treatment in this post and it is ex-with the prospect of more destitute {ng in mind that even. in normal ently on Puget Sound: Norweceted that this year the number People through the far times" a Chinese village was. not }gian inv. Somerville, 2523 tons ret, will be greatly increased, all that it should be according. to Yecently on Columbia River, Nor-anxious thought, wegian inv. Borgestad, 2536, tons Se far there is no news regarding modern ideas of sanitation, the net, recently on Columbia River: who will be appointed Governor of Hanyang camp was extremely well Questioned regarding the report Norwegian m.v. Brand, 2829 tons Macao, but according to letters re-yun. in the Shanghai press to the effect Ret, recently at Osaka; Danish m.v. cived the government intend "Under the direction of 100 Chic that one, of smps had Nordfarer, 1785 tons net, recently, Point someone. whose "nomination nese doctors and 159 Chinese nurses} been broken up by the military auon. China' coast, and Danish my. will cause a big surprise, this mat-shed town, which housed thorities because of Communist ele-no fewer than 104, C00 refugees, ments, Sir John said that he had 'Asia, 4460 gross tons, recently. on The rd extra meeting of the China Coast. The Asia, during last ao Jockey Club was held yester-Was run-on very model systematic not seen or heard anything to sub-September, figured in' the news day and a very large crowd arrived Times, Each ten huts or 50, was jstantiate "this. Military" guards having been involved in a heavy from Hongkong to attend the races under the supervision of a head-Hwere stationed at the camps. to 100 huts unde Jeuard against Communist elements; storm in the Carribean Sea during The steamers Taishan and Venesia and were keeping a watchful eye whfth she sustained "considerable arrived from Hongkong with a full ponsible head-man refugee and, Jopen "for reactionary elements damage. list of passengers. and it is much 'While Shanghai is mentioned as 6n, up the Indder, amongst the refugees from the Red to be regretted that a great number the port of discharge in the majority areas. When questioned concern it of the tourists had' to. return the Dr. Tse-fang Hwang, a fof the charters, the Somerville, doctor of the League of Nations, the report that the refugees woul Same day owing to lack of accom Borgestad, Brand and Nordfarer! modation in Macao, not be given relief after the mid-was in control of the camp which may be rerouted. to up-river ports! dle of December, Sir John declared if the condition of the water in the Jockeys had. suffelent time to train Unfortunately none of the Macao considering the abnormal condition Sas ron von very" sanitary" lin that' he was unable to understand Yangtse and the needs of the Flood. this statement. Tt was hoped, he for this meeting and it was' neces, 'A signifeant point, however, Relief Commission dictate. said, to get all the At men at work, In addition to these vessels, re-ary to secure e-services of Hong. that "60 per cent. of the refugees were not victims of the flood, but] but the weak and destitute, the] kong jockeys. ports from the Pacific Coast state women and children, would certain-Yather victims of the "Hed" menace that three other freighters have! ferrousing the inland districts of Ty. be looked. after. well Known udses been chartered by Dominion export Sir John is leaving for Nanki firms to carry Canadian wheat from
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Rather come under the to-day' to conduct further invest Vancouver to Shanghai for the gengations of flood conditions. He ex-Macao and help to make the eral trade at a basic rate of $5.00. pressed the hope that he would re-Due to the movement of U.S, Farm a success, peasants had fled to the nearest] {turn to Hankow to complete a more During' the time Mr, Artur sanctuary and this represented exhaustive survey of the districts Board wheat to China for the flood Tamagnini Barbosa was governor} Bovernment, as the issues were too problem rather for the Chinese refugees, the export of grain from Jaround Wohan—Reuter, of Macao Mr, Damiao Rodrigues Paget Sound ports shows a marked was sent to 'Timor Island on a great for the Flood Relief Com-increase over last year's, business, Sir John Hope Simpson Return' charge of being implicated in. the mission, the October shipments mutiny of the artilleryman in' Fort The feeding of the people of this Sir John Hope Simpson, Director. prising 2,310,065. bushels General of the National Flood. Re-476,070 bushels for the vast camp, continued Sir John, was.
Monte commanded by Sergeant fan herculean task. They had_to lier Commission, returned to Shang-in 1990," Proportionate increase Mr. " Rodrigues is well-known see that the needy received sufficient hat yesterday ater a visit to the rain exports from the Colur mong the Portuguese community) and that the weak and ailing hag Wuhan region. He conferred there also are reported for the sam in the Far East and besides being] their fair share with the more fit with his colleague General Chu 'a very clever solicitor he was chairs and strong—a difficult task where Ching-lan, who has proceeded fur-the people concerned knew no ther, into' Hunan, to, make observa man of the Macao Municipal Council, tions upon, the conditions
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