Show FLOODS AND FAMINE I I CITIES AND TOWNS IN CHINA UNDER WATER MANY HOMES BEING SUBMERGED f Ba Because of 01 Destruction of Fields S and Scarcity of Rice the Cost of Living Liv ing Has Risen to Highest Point Ever Attained Washington The The enormity and andI horror of or the t famine situation conI confronting con con- confronting I fronting China caused by the overflow overflow over over- over over- I I flow of or the Yang Yang- Tsen river was on Wednesday officially reported to the state department by hy American Consul Con Con- Consul sul suI General Wilder at Shanghai and the question of tendering Red Cross assistance Is under consideration As the tho amount at the disposal of oft t the e American Red Cross society fo Co this purpose Is infinitesimal wl when en compared with the pro proportions o of the necessity it Is possible that an appeal appeal ap appeal ap- ap peal for additional funds may be Is is- sued The entire territory between Han Han- kow Shang distance of I and c i. i a about GOO miles has ladS been over overflowed Mr Wilder reports Cities and towns are under water many dwellings beIng being be be- beIng Ing submerged Because of the scarcity scarcity scar scar- city of rice and the destruction of the fields the cost of living has risen to the highest point over ever attained C. C D. D Jameson an n American n engineer engineer engi engi- neer eer is ls now In China at the expense of the American Red Cross Cross studying means menus by wh which ch that country may scientifically control the ravaging waters of the streams |