For two months past, the Shan~ tung authorities have been sending im stone and other materials in an fltempt to get the breach closed jeany next spring when the river lowest. About half the ma. (enol needed iz now on the site near Linpaochi, Six thousand refugees are" employed rebuilding dykes and"-making new ones, this work being in the nature of prepara. {on for the main Job of training the river back into its proper course, Tt stated that General Han Fu-chu, chairman of Shantung, has accom: plished much with the limited re-Sources at his disposal. reported that the present break. In the dyke is a very serious one Mr. Todd describes it as the most serious has never seen on the Yellow River, and the problem of putting the river back in Its course and keeping Itthere next summer is a task that will challenge the skill of these In Town Buried Eight Feot The heavy silt deposits are causing worry to the engineers in charge, One market town which the food passed through is now. buried bout eight feet of silt, In many cases only the roots. sticking up through the mud. Five feot of silt has hitherto been considered exceptionally heavy, ie'is tated, but at Linpaoehi over felght feet has been measured, The Shantung authorities are how ing and feeding some 300,000 refugees, but with the bulk of the Yellow River owing across west Shantung and through north Kiangsu, it is believed that distress will Increase. cold weather adding to the many dimculties. It is feared that thousands moy dis this winter through: starvation and exposure, Distress Its stated, must be acute because no way has yet been found to control the flood, this presenting
yenulty and skill undertaking key te tox the the best surprised to see the attempts being made in these old time trading centres to keep pace with the urge of modernism. In some towns, schools and hospitals have been erected on the site of idol shrines and law courts, prisons and magistrate's yamens have been re-erected to meet modern needs
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