Drought and Floods Severe in Province Frone Oun Owst Commsronest Kaifeng, Aug. 2.
Gen, Liu Chih, chairman of the] Honan Provincial Government, with eave for Nanchang next week to} report to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek political and military conditions The province, and ask instructions concerning important affairs.
Gen. Chang Fang, commandant of the 20th route army, left for Sinan, his native town, In Western Honan, yesterday. He declared to the press That te will go together with Gen. Liu Chih to Nanchang next Monday. and they will meet at Chengchow.
in order to unify matters, all taxes here in the city, about 21 in number, will be collected by the Kaifeng Municipal Counc, instead of by the Public Safety Bureau and the Magis trate {s Yamen, respectively, beginning from this' month.
According to the financial authori ties, the contract for the rehabilita tion loan for Honan was signed on Suly % in the Financial Bureau Yyamen of the province, when the head the Government Salt Bureau was} invited as witness, "About $210,000 has been spent for! the building of the Yellow River dykes at Lanfeng in Eastern Honan. The Kiangsu Government has promis pay. one-third of the sum. while the Anhwei Provincial Government, refused to supply the funds.
Tu Honan province, there are two} big cotton mills, namely, Sinhua. established at Weihwel in' Northern' Honan, and Vu Feng, established Chengchow, at the juncture of the Pinghan and Lunghai Railways, in Central Honan. On account of the' @ispute between the mill and the workers, the Vu Feng Cotton Mill suspended its operation Last year. with the result that more than 4,000 workers became unemployed. ihe mill is expected to resume operations In the middle of September.
Natural Phenomena On July 31 night, at 11 o'clock, when the moon was just rising in the east, a white rainbow suddenly appeared in the sky from the south to the north. It remained until the} next morning. The Kaifeng people] ook it as a great wonder.
On July 26 night, the eclipse of the. moon was seen here. The Kaifeng people beat drums and copper instruments order to save the moon from the Heavenly Dog. They were obviously successful in the long run.
The Provincial Government has! recently appointed eight men a board directors and four as inspectors of the Chung Fu Mining Administra ton, at Chiaotso, In Northern Honan, Mr. Li Ching-tsai, former civil commissioner of the province, rumoured as the general manager of the administration.
Flood in the Province'
The Honan Provincial Government! has recently. telegraphed the Exec tive Yuan, requesting funds to relieve! people in the famine stricken regions Of the province. "In Southern Honan, the farmers of Siping. Sniping, 'Wuyang, Yehhsien, Tangho, Yenchens, Shangtsal,. Junan, Linying. Sihua Shangsul," Taikang, Coeeheng, and! Weichuan, are suffering from' flood, az the Sha, the Feng, the Chien, the Ying, the Hung, the Shuang Po, and the Huai Rivers burst their dykes. In Northern Honan, the farmers of] Hsunbsien, Chinyang. Sinhsiang, Wenhsien, Linhsien, Huahsien, Tang} Yin, and "Wuchih, are suffering from drought.
"The farmers of Weishibhsien, about 100 Li South of Kaifeng city, are reported to have suffered from flood. Brore than 70,000 mow of autumn crops were destroyed, and 1,500 houses! collapsed.
Gen. Li Pei-chi, civil commissioner of the province, who had gone to inspect political conditions at Sinyang, Chiaoshan, 'Siping, and Sniping, in Southern Honan, returned to the city' on July 30. He declares to the press that it is peaceful in Sinyang, and the autumn crops are hopeful, and that in Chiagoshan hsien, the poli conditions have been greatly improved. In order to inspect the road building, he also had been to Kikungshan. Th conclusion, he says that several thousand, people, including Chinese and foreigners, are staying now on the Kikungshan resort to avoid the heat.
Mr, Li Yi-chih, commissioner of the Yellow River Irrigation Commit-teo, left for. Tientsin on July 30, and will inspect the Yellow River dykes in the Shantung region. It is said that the Yellow River Irrigation Committee is going to be recognized, as the National Irrigation Committee has been inaugurated. In the past few days, the Yellow River has subsided, Awerican Red Cross in Siberi Was a cousin of the widow of the lalo President Woodrow Wilson Reuter.
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