Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1918 — China May Use All Canals. [ARTICLE]

China May Use All Canals.

China, in its pressing need for transportation facilities, is considering the restoration of its old-time system of canals, of which there were at one time 60,000 miles within the empire. Centuries before the Christian era the great rivers of the Celestial empire were diverted from their natural courses to form these ancient waterways.