AA foreign engineer, who has from the flood areas, viewed this evening, states that Yellow River floods in Honan the worst for a number of years, tht reports of heavy Tons of I Age exhagerated as the people, had Plenty of warning and "moved to floods, he says. will probably not get worse, as the river [s slowly falling, but the flood water. will probably remain for a considerable time.
"The engineer said that the reason for topping the train service across the Yellow' River was that piles supporting two spans hed, sunk little, and though the bridge cell above, the floods. it wa Sidered safest not to run across it.
The engineer stated that though dre had not visited all of west Shantung. flooded "area, reports which he had received made it possible to est nate that 2,000 square miles were affected over an area that contained. 1,500,000 people.
'Asked whether it was likely that the 'Yellow River would change itx course, the engineer expressed the opinion that this' would mot happen fo late in the season when the river Was tending to fall and the rainy season Was practically over.—Reuter,
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