Some of the Work Which Has Been Done by the Relief Commission By Prnciwab Fine, NeC. Heep Sracrat, Conarsronnent, (Continued from last week)
PHE suectal correspondent, of, "The North. Ching Herald", now_on tour of the Middle Yangtze, with the party inspecting the dykes, is able to-day to give a detailed account of his Smpressions of the work done. He notes the extent of the recovery made by the peasantry from the disasters of last year. He explains the technique of dyke-building and throws a vivid light on the rapidity with which the dykes are accepted by the inhabitants as part of the terrain and used accordingly. The narrative shows how incessant must be the vigilance of the engineer in guarding against the natural vicissitudes to which tthe river is exposed and the human propensities for turning the dykes to uses incompatible with their purpose and construction. the system was only about $20,000-Jeelient cover for bandits—the last official dedication. At Wahu fire. ned oporetiog' coda being no mors ten working on a pevea, Elcmotre that people rushed out of their than'? per cent. The total of comoperatin is being no cabins fearing a bandit attack, bands, guards of honour, calls at dined relief work and subsequent with dock, eons and teal dawn' by officials to convey thanks rehabilitation, "which includes the [ground wi and. tea Purchase of 450,000 tons of grain plentiful you could almost. bring were, on the programme and the left ina barrage of fireworks ud. its. transportation from. the them down with stones, intervenes, while a sampan encircled the vessel United States distributed either as free relief or payment for labour, Jand the land behind is not. geeey, flying a long strip of red silk—sign cultivated but it will be a rich area/of joy. At Anking, capital of was $70,000,000. fatter the dyke is finished, Labour Anhui, a big crowd. thronged: the 'Nearest home to Shanghai is the beginning of work across the river gring "the, time, abundant but the 3,000 men engaged honour waited: several hours owing "atees was tity where' banda and guards {from Chinkiang. It is hard to be-fon this dyke have had to be import- to" the"
Kiangshin's delay, AN lieve that within a few hours' steam. led from North Anhui and receive official reception followed in the jing around the corner from sune and cash, not grain, for their-wages.|yamen where the Gen, Wu Chung-Shanghai flood havoc of such Two young Chinese engineers, about hsin, chairman of the Province, dimensions could have occurred. ithe last of the field staff at work, greeted the party and tendered his "The Hwai River flooded in August, jate in charge, and the simile of flies thanks for work in Anhui.
1931, caused a breach of 11,006 clustering around a piece of sugar""
But' not only receptions were metres; in, the Grand Canal which a meagre description of the scene grandiose or oficial, There were connects with the Yangtze at Yang-lon the dyke where these thousands tributes simple but, none the les of hive-dnd cooles are, shoveling sincere, trying emptying, aligning anc Or lo Tatung, at a place called Tatung, Nov. 20. local knowledge in the creation of/ mes of land Stamping" down the" earthy The rsomichengectrsiaated essie Tha An the traveller proceeds up the the new system of fykes which, crrible, 2,000 people being drowned Smbankment seems {0 grow befort[sand feet" from the legendary ex-Yangtze River at the present time if properly maintained, will, ast] in the frst ten minutes of the Canal gue's vision, the reason being that tonation of the "depth. of the Eengoty. fades fron the memories dykes] breach, As a result of relief work Another problem ix encountered at 42"Ete at that, point, given when soe gtze at that point given when fof last "year's great flood in the Tight the vast project just completed Bul the district now presents a scene of Kwangchiyu rural tranquility' and. comparative Tatung, where the high sandy banke few "miles below [t80, Vilagers were unable to find a alusble Ting, which an emperor by. the Notional. Flood Relief Com Injsion in. the rehabilitation of one mission's work has been the build-Protperlty, A smiling countryside Jor the Vangise are suffering rapid evil, enjoying the abundant eld erosion, tons, of "te, Tver, Beak a amiboo stuck in the: richest and. mist populous Ing. of new' dykes, some. farther infand, others nester. the river which' has been the compensating falling in the river with thunderous ride mud in one of, the Recording to a more scientific. ap-Harnessing the labour reserves factor throughout the entice) Yan: tae, a salised peasantry and thrive: report afew hundred yards away and wonderful recuperate predation of the needs of the lax" the" party' scrambled ashore [O°Gp4S miles of high reodad land {ig villages, mod-built, itis true, Here, silt extends for miles tien tuted the welcome, Sean Ser labia cine state walt agate cee soco coed feo [asd ae cars ware modest Sra scheme ofa mannitoderival this formidable wall agqimat the louter i todays pleasant peturelaatare that duke-buftny wceeony Ting the Great. Walla remarkable vagaries of the Yangtag in the Brett which beata few marke of the flood [n great dimteulty ft has been over mila guard in the Aveworks and.
Wuvel district oengtian "hae overcome a] dramas aren, through whish avena the' grat eroiee layers at coe yt the Hei eres vis [am the north bunk ome les stowe section of. the country which a{fows is no, haphazard heap, of the "viver "banke and an ex- utilising. local knowletser haile Wak. "This dyke, a" well-built Bear' agp was a vast lake. City] teh ater slapping, The dykes cclent dyke to protect the district dyke of, sandy sell a8 ilometres|8Mair and xo wide along its kevan And village, farm and field were [the water Is lapping. The dykes iard™ won from the Yangize's ap-|Yong and faced it with a clay sell to kilometres that a motor road. the Inundated by ithe overflow of the principles, and built after © careful mith of (people: were drowned and [Study of topography. A. cross sands of people were drowned and section {like a. triangle with Property "anson" were, animated /one Pais Be'aBo,000,000 over' an area. of The width at the top of the Yangtze abo the 42,000 square miles. at calamig til, for instante districts, for instance, the Yangtze To-day te, nictize of comi [tributaries andthe
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