Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-07-15 | Page 2 | Chinese Facing Famine; Floods Rout Millions

CHINESE FACING FAMINE FLOODS ROUT Yellow River Valley Valey Dikes Fail Fai to Hold Waters Crops Ruined ns Pres SHANGHAI July 15 The 15 The sPectra spectre of or famine and flood flod confronts millions of Chinese Chinee within the Yellow river rivet vale valley in north China Chinas sorrow as a the mi mighty stream Is 15 called caled has been ben ht during the last month and today lOd hag hac hd reached an even greater volume bringing the danger of ot disaster closer coer Reports from communities o on the headwaters of ot the river which la is also abc t known as the Hwan Hwang or Hwang 1 Ho j say rains are arc continuing causing fear cas of a further rie rise From major points point on the Yellow river come dispatches saying th the stream strem Is i overrunning its it dikes ii ir scores sore of ot places and is i flooding l iso ir areas areas Many thousands thousand already have been made homeless CITY ENDANGERED At a city of ot the c cap ital it-al of or Shantung province the river rive Is I said aid to have reached the top of ot the thi ci city dikes dike in the vicinity endangering tto th te The Shantung provincial government govern gover meat ment ment is using usinI thousands of coolies coole and ad soldiers soliers to strengthen the levees Jevc while a n similar race a against again time tie is i ID in progress in Honan Hona in an effort efort tc to t stave off of tragedy if H the te river continues con con- con to rise Meanwhile the Yangtze which fortnight ago threatened to rep t JO Its disastrous flood of ot 1931 1031 and rep then receded again is i rising once more morens te waters waters as ns a result reul of heavy rains rain at its it head had Renewed fears tears were thereby cause cause- among residents in fri the numerous cue cue- I cities cies towns and farming Carin i ties tics comprising Chinas t granary Chinas granary Seven thousand miles mie of dikes dike were were built bui in 1931 but even these thee are a again in imperiled RIVER LENGTH The Yan Yangtze tze Is s 1 miles mie long log and the Yellow is 2600 miles mie These e 1 lengths length compare with wit those the of the t 4 Colorado river 1360 Amazon Mississippi 2460 Missouri 25 2551 1 Rio i Grande 1800 and St St. Lwrence Lawrence 2159 Thousands of ot persons have starved throughout province In central China where little rain rai has ha fallen flen since 1928 A heat wa waye e gripping China Chin reached a greater intensity today when and Honan report t l cd ed 15 degrees with many deaths deat J continues to swelter In tern tern- tm above boe In the t mercury reached degrees j f