Nanking, Mar. 23.
The first line of dykes in. the! Yellow River area are doomed, according to a report by the league of Nations experts recently sent. to study the flood situation. Hundeds of villages and towns already have been flooded and others are inside the first line of defence against the rising waters.
The League experts said it would futile to spend available funds on strengthening the first line of dykes, which "could not be made to sand against the flood if the water con tinues to rise. A recommendation was made that gil efforts be concentrated on the second line—United Press.
Tientsin, Mar. 23, Latest despatches from' the District Government. of Changyuan, in southern Hopel, report that the rapid. current of the Yellow River, assist ed by a strong wind, is furiller intensify'ig the flood situation. In addition to the dykes in the Kuantal and Tathsing areas, which are in imminent danger, several portions if the Sth dyke have collapsed. Unless funds and materials be' immediately secured, the river "may change ite course towards northern Hopel=Kuo Tsingkiangpu, Mar. 23.
Considerable alarm has been arouse ed in northern Kiangsu by the rise of the northern section of the Grand Canal. "The waterway has risen 3 ft. 6 in,, bringing the water-level up to 20 fi. 8 in. at Tsingkiangpu—Kuo Min,
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