"Hankow, July 2.
The Chi, Lu and Sha rivers, their channels swollen with the flood waters of the Yellow River, are now overflowing their banks, according to persons who have arrived here from eastern Honan.
Loss of life among the Honan peasants, however, is believed to be extremely small, since the food waters have progressed very slow Nevertheless, crops, property ud livestock have all been lost.
Manchoukuo and Mongol troops and also those under the notorious bandit chieftain, Liu Kwei-tang, are now stated to be trapped by the floods in the vicinity of Chungmow and Yushib, and are being subjected to attack by Chinese forces east of the Peiping-Hankow Railway.
Part of General Doihara's Division still remain in' Kaifeng, Chinese reports declare.
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