The large number of items of news this week will
only allow us to notice the great American floods very shortly. We regret to say that there seems only too much reason to fear, in the words of the message sent by the Times correspondent at Washington to Friday's paper, that "the present flood may prove to be the greatest calamity from natural causes that the United States has ever suffered." The number of people who have lost their lives by drowning and of towns and homes over- thrown is appalling. So terrific, indeed, has been the disaster and so widespread the area that at present it is quite impossible to give any figures as to the number of lives lost, but it is obvious that the total list of drowned will reach many thousands. We can only express our deep regret and our sympathy with the unfortunate sufferers. Happily, the American people are the most generous in the world, and there can be no doubt that everything that energy and kindliness can do for the victims will be done.
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