Port of Tientsin Closed to Ordinary Traffic: Harbour May Soon Be in Hopeless Condition By "Fioop Toe said that man proposes and 'Tientsin, Mar, 21. God disposes, but as far asthe much maligned Haiho "is concerned, would be nearer the mark to say' that the negligence of the offclals respansible for the improvement of the Haiho are solely to blame for the fact that the Hatho has again lapsed into one of its periodical spells of nuller uselessness as far as a navigable river is concerned. was only a few days ago when! the North China River Commission, officially appointed by the Central Government in Nanking, took _over the remaining work of the Haiho Palliative scheme which hitherto has been in the hands of the Haiho Improvement Commission which was closed down by orders of Nanking at the end of last year. On. last Saturday afternoon Messrs. Peng Chi-hun, Hsu Chi-ta and Wang. Hua. tang' Chairman, Chlet Engineer and Engineer respectively of the North China River' Commission, received representatives of the local Chinese and Foreign press. and gave al detailed report and full. explanation of all the good things they were to do to make the Haiho a navigable iver. In this connection It might be interesting to note that the services of Mr. P. E, Muller of the Haiho Conservancy Commission (who took the place of the late Mr. J. Hard Engineer-In-Chief of the Haiho Con servancy Commission) and Mr. E. K. Lowry, technical adviser and financial adviser respectively of the former Haiho Technical Bureau, will ber tained by the North China River Com-
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