'A. $4,000,000 Project on the Hungtseh Lake Nanking, May 3.
Plans have been completed by the Huai River Coaservaney Commission to start the second stage of com Steuetion work on a gigantic dam at Shuho, on the Hungtseh Lake, onthe Kiangiu-Anhwei border. to regute the flow of the lake waters into the Huai River, The construction of the dam, which was started two mons ago, is considered the most stupendous task ever undertaken by the con mission.
'The dam, which will cost $4,0000%, is expected to be completed with three years, and no less than $1,000 has s0 far' been spent on this work The sluices at Hsaopo and Huaiyin ate expected to be completed by the cot fof July, and those at Llulaochien September. Each of the sluices wil cost about $1,000,000—Central News, were very much distressed and em-a bee-line from Tienchuen, near Darrassed and could give little ex-Yachow, through Danba to Dawe, and planation as to what had happened. nearly captured Nona and Pentso. After sacking the Dawe Lamasery Rumours Regarding Failure they pressed hundreds of Jarong The population, Chinese and cookies Into service to remove the tibetan, had various and numerous Toot back into the Jardong States. reasons why the plane refused to fly: When this was done they moved west the Reds were still hovering around what looked like a search for Tachienlu and Gen, Li had detained Nona and Pentso round the large cave the city was attacked; when Dranggu Lamasery and from there it landed a number of wood-cutters pressed on to the Kanze Lamasery. declared they saw three men emerge "The combined lama force of these from. the plane, and later rumour institutions is something like 4,000 supplied the missing links—the third monks and probably they could put man was a big military official from {1000 rifles in the field, But the Reds Nanking who had come to survey the have created such an appalling fear military situation along the frontier. complex throughout Sikang that the Apparently he was still surveying 0 Jama forces simply melt before them. the plane could not leave, The Dawe, was a timely warning, how-Chinese had one story, the Tibetans ever, and the large lamaseries and another and the Europeans a third. famas lying in the path of the Com-However the mechanic arrived, dis-munists have for the time being be-covered what was wrong, and the come nomads and removed the plane lett Tachienlu. wealth, grain, barley, butter, tea and "The minor necident, whatever it tait to places where it will be very was. neutralized the' lama's story Gimcult for the Reds to follow. North about British planes and their me of the present Red Line of march lies ability to land: the explanation, oF the wild, lawless, Ngolok country. rationalization, as the red-robed lama where even a Communist would find Worked it out, was something like it dangerous to travel. Report has this: the British planes couldn't tand it that Kanze, the "largest and and. the American planes couldn't wealthiest religious institution take off; go it was merely another Eastern Tibet, is now surrounded by, adventure in "heads T win, tails you the Reds under Hsu Hsiang-chien: and Notla and Pentso are in the neighbourhood, calling loudly for stration saw {o it that the airmen help and protection. Nona fears that Were warmly and suitably entertained. forge number of 24th Army The city was pasted from one end to deserters have been incorporated with the other with variegated paper an-the Communists and are bent on his nouncing the wonderful feat accom-destruction. It may be a mero egoist plished by the two young men. Gen, fantasy gendered along with his entertained them and the city had Lhasa hate complex, but the old lama chance to hear them speak, They with his subordinate Pentso, has were very" modest and what 0 Harted {o run and there is no saying Tachienlu was an extraordinary event Where they will stop, Further, west was elmply 9 daily occurence in the they dare not go as that would bring ives of aviators. them. into Lhasa-governed territory fand north and south are both danger Many Natural Air Fields zones Beyond Tachienlu it is almost un-Startling Prognostication necessary to construct any more air Now the Tsamba Lama who lives fields, Once over the Jedo Pass.
14.500 ft, high, an aeroplane can land inva cave away up in the mountains Uchind Tachienlu has startled the safely in hundreds of places on the Wwide stretching grasslands, The great population. by prognosticating that There will be an amalgamation Asiatic steppes stretch between China between the Reds and the Govern-and, India and. extensive and con~ Venient alr fields, ten, twenty and ment troops sometime during the fourth moon. may be good thirty miles wide' may be found at Jews or it may be otherwise. If the many points, The dimeulty would Reds now devastating Eastern Tibet be the Tama and the yak and the ud looting the wealthy lamaseries nomad, On these extensive grass-intend to surrender and became in-Tands the nomads let loose thousands of wild, frolicking yak that might corporated in the Government armies prove more dangerous to an aviator then it is really good news.
"The local people have great con-Than thousands of Reds, The lama fidence in the Tsamba and will climb and the nomad may ins time become the mountains any snowy day merely accustomed to this strange bird but to et his advice. He is 2 well the frisky yak will need to be icnown medicine man and apparently born, On March 23, the frst of the third Areal lama: that Is he makes no Chinese moon, the people in change for his good work. High Chinese, Tachienlu gave an anxious sigh of oMicials have been known to seek his counsel but. very few have tried to relief, Known to the Chinese as follow it, We are now creeping Song Lama and to the Tibetans as Samdch Draba, this wily monk had towards ihe centre of the third moon and only two weeks remain nade the daring prognostication that to see the outcome of the lama's pro-the, Communists would come to Tachientu during the second moon. pheey.
Needless. to. say hundreds and Tu the meantime the Reds persist thousands of superstitious inhabitants. in hanging close to Tachienlu with a Military Training for
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