Tientsin, Aug. 3.
Tientsin residents, who are already [sorely tried by the suffocating heat and irritated by blockade restrictions,
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now threatened by anther dls-'Very heavy rains up country, coupled with breaches in the dykes for' the Yungting Ho in several places, have converted the Hai Ho Into a raging torrent.
The level of the river is only three feet below the British Concession.
The ex-Russian Concession, and areas further down river, where vast quantities of supplies are stored on Shore, are similarly threatened, Tt is "hoped, however, that" the absence of further rains'up country will save Tientsin from further trials—Reuter. be conveyed to the Foreign Minister Mr. H. Arita,
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