Judging from the various reports, it would appear that the question "at Issue at present is whether or not a now dyke should be buhl to replace the old. It is pointed out in a tol gram sent by the public bodies in central China that people in some districts in Honan are of the opinion that that should be the step which, contended, will cause, flood waters to overflow many districts in Kiangsu and Anhwei as it will change the course of the river. The public bodies in central China appear to be willing simply to see the old dykes repaired in an adequate way 0 that food waters from the north will not flow into bodies of water in central China provinces, Developments in this connection wre worth watching since the ques ton involves political and even military strategy a8 far as Chungking and the Japanese are concerned, but £0] far there has been no mention setual, telegraphic request formally made by Naking to Chungking. What people in this part of the country fear is that the Yellow River flood waters will flow their way it the conservancy work Is not adequately executed. "Nanking was previously reported to be planning to raise $1 (000.000 for the purpose, but no de Anite engineering programme has yet Ferry Boat Sunk in West River A report has just arrived serious accident that occurred on the West River near Tangyuen. One of the "Noah's Ark" class of ferry boats which is towed up and down the Fiver each day was coming down on ins way to, Wuchow when within 30 milles of Wuchow it ran on a sub: merged rock, The boat was badly punctured and went down within five minutes, At first It was reported thal several hundred people had been crowned, bul a later report states that most of the passengers were rescued by another boat,
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