Peking, Oct, 27.
Mr, David A. Brown, Chairman of the China Famine Relief, Me. New York, left for Suiyuan en Octqber 24 in a special train provided. by General Fu Tso-yi, Chairman of the Suiyuan Provincial Government. Mr, Brown was accompanied by Mr.
Findlay Andrew, Field secretary, Major O. J. Todd, Chief Engineer, and' Mr. C.' New, Secretary of the Rural Improvement Denariment of the China International Famine Relief Commission. General Fu sent a special delegate to escort the American relief worker to Kueihua, After a brief visit to Kueiliua, Mr. Brown will proceed to Sarachi to inspect the Satochu Irrigation Canal, which was built with a part of the funds raised in the United States by Mr. Brown's organisation. He will return to Peking within a week, after which he will go to Shansi and Shensi.—Reuter.
Peking, Oct. 31.
Upon his return from Suiyuan, Mr, David A. Brown, Chairman of the China Famine Relief, Inc. New York, made the following statement: private car on the way, accompanied by Mr, G. Findlay Andrew and Mr, O. J. Todd, from Fra Sig ieee at every station until we reached the Satochu Irrigation Project which Intel rior of Chi In all social effort in foreign lands I of appreciation cee ren coren eat a meet eras to me as a representative of the fully evidenced the blending of Aes sao ach With "addresses "of welcome which safes yg, Cone id Among the vast loomed you at the railway, station to-day there were many Who would not be alive to-day but for the help of the China Famine Relief. 'This province which has been at the very heart of a famine section of China, is never again to know famine inthe old sense and this is due to the great irrigation project which has Tow been' com-Pleted through funds donated by "An unusual interest, has been shown by all rades of Government officials together with leaders of Chinese life who have not only ted but have personally inpected the irrigation work regard-loss of the fact that it is located ove 600 miles in the interior of China.
"I have travelled along ti miles of the main irrigation project. at the Yellow River at Tengkow, Jand I have covered the 150 miles of the 14 subsidiary will feed water to this large section of quarter of a million acres, which area has in times past suffered periodically from drought bringing famine conditions with all the horrors of suffering and "deaths pcl.nie. prontly, leapreseed ith tte life-saving possibilities which will affect not only this one section of the country but by example will influence all parts of China. The work has been well conceived and "Again I quote General Fu who said: No greater tragedy could befall the people of China than the withdrawal at this time of your hel for the lesson in. preventive worl which the China Famine Relief teaching the people of China will in future "result in the saving of millions of lives."—Reuter.
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