Mankow, June 12.
In a roaring cascade of foam which threatens to compel the Japanese to change their plan of campaign, the waters of the Yellow River are tushing Uirough breaks in the dykes on the south bank below Chengchow, ac~ cording to oficial Chinese dispatches from that city. The flood waters are slated to have crossed the Lunghai Railway, and to be flowing south. eastwards into the channels of the Chialu. River.
It is now declared to be heading in the direction of Anhwei Province. and will probably flow into the Hwai River, according 10 the oMelal dispatches, The Yellow River flood is making' east Honan and northwest Anhwei unsuitable "for milliary operations, the reports add, and.may compel the Japanese to change their plans, The original plan of the Japanos= troops, which, it is reported, was to make the Hotel column a supporting unit, may undergo an Important change, it Is considere® by well-informed observers here. The Japanese, it is thought, may now use the main body of their forces for the drive through Hofei_ westwards into eastern Hupeh, heading straight for Hankow along the north bank of the Yangtze
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