If sunny weather continues, the food dmiger in the Hankow area will be over? declares Mr. Hsu Shih-
Hainan to Be Bombed, Shelled, If Needed Hainan Island, now the subject of much international discussion, will be bombed and shelled "whenever the necessity arises" a Japanese naval spokesman declared last night. Asked to define necessity, the spokesman replied, "There are various reasons for such need. ying, former Chinese Ami odor to and now Acting Chairman of National Relief Committe, following a personal investigation today.
Mr. Hsu today visited the Chang-kung dyk*, which protects the Dwlying districts of Hankow from the Han and Siang rivers, and the dykes on both banks of the Yangtze in the vicinity of Hankow and Wuchang.
According to Mr. Hsu, the high: water level is still 14 inches from ti top of the dykes, but the Yangtze has been falling during the past\few days, aid if good weather continues there is no donger of flood in the Hankow area this year.
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