Nanking, June 28.
7ITH the Yellow River flood still spreading havoc among destitute Chinese farmers in southern Honan,' Chinese troops have destroyed dykes along the Grand Canal in Kiangsu causing another flood disaster in central Kiangsu, according to field. dispatches received here today.
'A vast tract of fertile land in the Kiangsu plain already has been inundated and the waters are spreading steadily to other parts of the province, the messages said, Chinese troops in the armies of Generals Sun Lien-chung'and Vu Hsueh-chung were driven from the north into remote districts of Kiangsu following. the Japanese capture of Hsuchow.
With their westward movements obstructed by the Japanese forces, these Chinese concentrated near Wai: and in ang attempt to check the Japanese drive, breached the dykes of the Grand Canal near Chaokwanpa, 25 kilometres south of Kaoyu, the reports
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