Show MANY DROWN IN FLOODS IN CHINA Urgent Appeal for Relief Funds Received From U. U S. S Consul General at Canton Washington Jul July 12 Loss Loes Loss of or man many lives as 08 the he rea result lt of ot unprecedented floods In provinces of and China was announced today in a dispatch to the state dep department from Consul General Cheshire at nt Canton Can Can- ton The con consul ul generals general's message said Unprecedented floods Great dl distress distress dis dis- tress among the Chinese In the tho interior of or and BI Many lives lost Shame en flooded two or three f feat ot There Thoro Is a total cessation of ot trade and railroad traffic Con Coti- Contributions Contributions to suffering humanity urgently urgently urgently ur ur- gently needed at nt once Kindly inform th the tho Red Relf Cross anti and the Christian Her Her- ald aid Shameen is an island In Canton harbor harbor harbor har har- bor on which foreign concessions are located Mss Mils Mabel Boardman chairman of the Red fled Cross relief relict committee e conferred conferred con con- ferrod with Secretary Lansing of ot the slate state department tonight and later directed di directed directed di- di that 1000 ho bo telegraphed to Canton to lo aid the flood od sufferers At Atthe Atthe Atthe the same samo time it was announced that the Red Cross headquarters hero would be he glad to transmit any contributions that might be m made de lI by the tho American I Ipu pu public The 1000 sent b by the society was all aU available a for tho the purpose in the present state of or the organizations organization's contingent contingent contingent con con- fund A commission of or engineering officers was wats sent to China tome some time ago under under un un- der the auspices of or tho the ned fled Cross to lo Investigate In find and devise lse means for tor checking or slopping stopping such floods C. C D D. Jameson Investigation investigation Investigation made a n preliminary gation and later Inter accompanied I Col Cot Davis William Arthur I U L. and Prof Proto Daniel le 1 Mead d to China The They worked out a plan for drainage of at the I rivers and lakes Inke with great I Irrigation ditches and r reservoirs which would In Involve involve In- In volve olve an nn expenditure of of approximately The Chinese government promptly approved the tho scheme but the problem of ot financing BO so far has bas proved pro an Insuperable insuperably obstacle J 1 I it Jit |