Tatyuan, July 13, Described as the gravest disaster: in several decades, the overflow. of the Changyuan River has caused the inundation' of scores of villages in Kihsien, south of Tiyuan, the provin= lal capital of Shansi. Most of the farm produgp has been ruined, and hundreds of" people are reported. to have been drowned. Par fo southern "Shansi, hasbeen smoged. 'The highways' have been aged and omnibus services sus pended—Kuo Min.
Yungtingho Gives Trouble Peiping, July 13.
'The continued rise' of the Yung: ting ho is a source of considerable anxiety, According to the vernacular: press, the level of the river rose two. meters on Saturday night, which is considered unusual at this time of the year. Yesterday, the water mark at Lukouchiao, or Marco Polo Bridge, reached 18 ¢t. The siver authorities have taken precautionary measures against a possible flood Reuter.
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