The Japanese engineers emphasized the necessity of ousting remnants of Chinese troops from the neighbourhood of the breaches in the dykes. The Chinese are constantly firing on Japanese repair crews and hampering their work, the engineers stated.
An estimate of one million sufferers in the flood also was given by the Kaifeng commission, which reported that about 303,500 houses have been inundated, according to incomplete information from those districts where a count is possible.
Japanese troops rescued 10,000 persons in the Kaifeng area, 40,000 in Chubsienchen and Tunghsu and neighbouring points, and 20,000 in the Weishih area, the Kaifeng commission reported. Forty thousand more refugees were estimated to have been rescued by Japanese troops in and around Hweihweichai, Erhsihlipu and Wuchiachwang.
With attention concentrated on human losses and efforts to save lives. no information on the damage done to farm lands and agricultural pro-duets is available at present.—Domei
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