Toman, Oct. 20.
The tension in Chuancheng, western Shantung, has relaxed considerably in consequence of the subsiding of the Yellow River waters. It is hoped that the ebbing of the waters will save the remaining dykes and will not affect the engineering work for the repair of the breached embankments.
The Chinese-Foreign Famine Relief Committee in Shanghai has remitted $50,000 for the relief of the food vie-Aims in the eight districts of Chuan-Jcheng, Yuncheng, Kuyeh, _Hotse, Yutal, Chinksiang, Tungping and Shouchang, in western Shantung.—no fin.
Haichow, Oct. 20.
To avoid intensification of the ood situation. a 100-kilometre dyke is being built along the embankments of the Chuntun and Lutang River in Shuyang, northeastern" Kiangsu. JOver 30,000 able-bodied citizens are working to complete it in one week.
Mr. Hao Ku-hsi, Special "Adminis trative Commissioner for the Haichow Area, is personally supervising the work—Kuo tin.
Chinkiang, Oct. 20.
'The Kiangsu Provincial Flood Re-ict Association, at a meeting yester-Jday, decided to' remit another sum $6,000 to Shuyang for urgent relief, Jand to raise $2,000,000 for winter and spring relief in the affected areas of northern Kiangsu-
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