A new village in Suiyuan Province, near Paotou, to be known as the Hopei village, for flood refugees from the two Chihli districts, Puyang and 'Changyuan, will shortly' be founded, iis learned here to-day.
In accordance with plans made by the Chill Colonization Association, about 320 flood refugees from the two districts have arrived in Peking on. their way to Paotou to establish their new homes at Kaitang, Suiyuan, "These refugees, who have lost their homes and belongings sri Puyang and Changyuan, as a result of the floods, are staying temporarily at the refugees camp here maintained by the Swastika Association and, after receiving cotton-padded clothes and medicine "supplies to-morrow will entrain for Sulyuan—Central News Kansu is the next province to place sri embargo on the export of silver from the province. reported that $300,000 of silver was exported during the months "of August and September and that the Dusiness of the province was seriously Bludered thereby.
Jchow people have, in the past, depended largely on the salt business {for their prosperity." The question remains as to how quickly Yangchow ican adapt itself to the changing conditions and develop other resources, fin which she is by no means lac Ing, rather than continue to "put all her eggs in the salt basket."
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