Show FEARFUL FLOODS IN CHINA Many Lives Lost as Result of Breaking Break-Ing of Dykes Victoria B CLocal Chinese havo received cablegrams telling of heavy loss of lire and great desolation In Helping China as a result of tho breaking of tho dykes and overflow of tho West river Inundating the district dis-trict for hundreds of miles Tho number num-ber of killed Is not given but tho message states that the loss has been Immense and starvation is feared and it appeals to the Chinese abroad to send aid Subscriptions Irons local Chinese were made within a short time after tho receipt of tho cablegrams which totaled 7000 tho I first amount being cabled to Chinese officials at Canton for distribution among the sufferers The disaster came at tho time of harvest when the crops aro ready to bo taken from tho fields I |