IN CHINA
FACED WITH FAMINE. FOLLOWING RECENT FLOODS. I United Press Association.—By Electru 1 eiegraph.—Copyright. ] {Received this r)»v nt V 2.25 v m.i SHANGHAI, July 30. 111 addition to the insurrection waging in the north, Communism is rampant in the interior. China is now faced 1 with a famine throughout the greater part of the country, owing to the worst floods in history, ruining the rice crops, all dykes, canals and rivers; overflowing, with serious loss of life. Hankow was converted into a ; Venice. ' The only mode of transportation of the city’s streets is in sampans. There are enormous financial losses.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1931, Page 5
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