FLOODS IN CHINA
MILLION PEOPLE MADE HOMELESS
DYKES SAID TO HAVE BEEN BROKEN DELIBERATELY.
JAPANESE OPERATIONS HAMPERED.
By Telegraph-—Press Association —Copyright. CHUNGKING. August 6.
A milljon persons have been rendered homeless as a result of the flooding of 22 districts in Hopei Province. The Chinese say that the dykes of 10 rivers have been broken deliberately. converting central Hopei into a vast lake.
The rapid rise of the Han River is hampering the Japanese operations.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 August 1939, Page 5
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75FLOODS IN CHINA Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 August 1939, Page 5
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