A graphic despatch from Hsuchow fu throws further light on the terrible, Feallties of the Yellow River's chang Jot course. Suddenly the unfortunate inhabitants of Shantung and North Kiangsu have to find room for a river "four hundred English miles long, from one-half mile to $0 miles fu width, carrying four-fifths of all the water of the Yellow River and fentering the sea hundreds of miles south of its present mouth." " For a parallel the people of Shantung have to go back nearly a hundred years. Various remedies are suggested but Jabove all provincial opinion seems look to the Government at Neaking for definite guidance on their prob: om and, real assistance in meeting it, The National Flood Relief Commission has taken due cognizance of the situ tion but the prevailing view of observers on the spot is that some Jdirect effort should be made to facilitate the close examination of the river by trained experts. In particular it is thought that the repair of the dyke should be made an immediate leave of the authorities who should be supported by funds and technical Jassistance. If the National Flood Relief JCommfssion could devote special attention to this aspect of the disaster lit would be bringing welcome en-Jcouragement to resourceful and Jsorely-distressed folk who are manfully grappling with a catastrophe outside the ordinary experience. It is estimated that from three to four jmiltion people have been rendered homeless by the Yellow River's Jgigant'e vagary. The call to humani-arian endeavour is therefore pressing.
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