p. 16 | Poor China

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 19, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 37.

Poor China

Poor China.—In cable despatches from China of September 4 and 5, it is said that floods caused by the overflow of the Yang-tse River are the most extensive and deepest in the memory of man. The Nganhwei Valley is submerged to a greater depth than ever before, and wide-spread famine threatens. It is said that 100,000 persons have been drowned. Millions are homeless. Eighty per cent of the crops in the flooded district are ruined, the price of rice is rapidly rising, and multitudes are facing starvation. These are not the only troubles in China. She is torn by internal disorders. There are rebellions in five sections of the empire. The Mohammedans, 20,000 strong, are threatening Siningfu, in the province Kansu. Terrorists surround Canton, and it is reported that Chinese troops in Tibet have been defeated with a loss of 600 men, and have retired into Lhasa. In the province of Szeehuen the people have arisen against the railway projects. The troops still maintain order, but their loyalty is doubted. These rebellions, however, are very small calamities as compared to the flood conditions. The great, rich valley of Hankow is an inland sea.