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between the Communists and Nationalists; the Japanese were invading in the North,
while the world was deep into the Great Depression.
In this report from the Hobart Mercury, Monday 16th November 1931, we see that the CIM’s
journal, The Millions, had also included a dramatic report of the disaster:
CHINA FLOOD - THE RELIEF APPEAL
50,000,000 PERSONS HOMELESS.
Further information concerning the terrible conditions prevailing In the flooded areas
of Central China, where the Yangtse. River rose 54ft., has been received. A report In
the November issue of China’s MIIIions states that “Thousands have been drowned,
and the homeless and destitute are a countless multitude.” The Acting Consul
General for the Republic of China In Australia, (Dr. W. P. Chen), writing to a Hobart
resident states that “the recent great flood in China is unprecedented, in that it
involves 16 provinces and has rendered over 50,000,000 people homeless.”
GFA with Sir John and Lady Hope-Simpson.= GFA’s map of his
area of responsibility.= Scenes from the Hankow floods in 1931
between the Communists and Nationalists; the Japanese were invading in the North,
while the world was deep into the Great Depression.
In this report from the Hobart Mercury, Monday 16th November 1931, we see that the CIM’s
journal, The Millions, had also included a dramatic report of the disaster:
CHINA FLOOD - THE RELIEF APPEAL
50,000,000 PERSONS HOMELESS.
Further information concerning the terrible conditions prevailing In the flooded areas
of Central China, where the Yangtse. River rose 54ft., has been received. A report In
the November issue of China’s MIIIions states that “Thousands have been drowned,
and the homeless and destitute are a countless multitude.” The Acting Consul
General for the Republic of China In Australia, (Dr. W. P. Chen), writing to a Hobart
resident states that “the recent great flood in China is unprecedented, in that it
involves 16 provinces and has rendered over 50,000,000 people homeless.”
GFA with Sir John and Lady Hope-Simpson.= GFA’s map of his
area of responsibility.= Scenes from the Hankow floods in 1931
