The Archive · 1931

A Late Spring in

NORTH CHINA Asiatic Expedition Held Up

by Snow Peking, Apr, 18, Is learned that the China unit of the Georges-Mavie Haarit Exe edition across Asia is liely to 2 layed. for several Weeks °on° a fount of bad weather conditions la Mongolia, where spring is one month ate lise Hoary mow fi oh plateau only a few days. ago.

The remarkable difference in tome perature between this year an last North China generally ts atrikings brought out by the ficial ten ings given for yesterday tu Tenia, East ear, when it wes unusually for the time of Year, the rend:

while yesterday Ye'was only wie yelcrdey Wenas oats Heavy Fall in Shansi and Shensi Provinces Peking, Apr. 22, exceptionally coal weather, is making Spring later' that for a good many years past in and around Peking, is not confined merely to the environs. of the former Jeapital, Heavy snow has fallen recently on the mountains to the North "and over the" Mongolian plains and there have also. been wavy falls in Shansi and Shensi, message from Sianfu says is feared that the cold may have seriously damaged the crops in Shensi and falls of snow are. still continuing there—Reuter,

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