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Show China' Dcrailallng FIcoJ. . Chins I3 f perilling this year abojt $0,000 000 ln tho effort, to regulate list wayward river, the. .Hoanjr Ho, which has roreutly causul Mich ter rible loss of lifd aud property. A part cf Its waters are- to be permanently perma-nently diveiti d Into tbe JTu-hai, a nver north of tho-Hoanz Ho and almost parallel, with it Pama are jtlso to Lo boilt to hold back part of tho 'natersat flood, and .the s(onc will to rebuilt along tho banks to confine tho Etrcam. The Ingenuity of man has not yet devised effective protection against this most troublesome trouble-some of rivers, and when tbe remedy Is found It will probably 'cost a colossal col-ossal sum of money to apply it. The Governor of Shantung reports that he needs iu his province alone at least $5,000,090 to prevent tho recurrence recur-rence of tbe flood;. XrJf.Sun. |
