A grave warning was on Wednesday issued to refugees from other ports against coming to Shanghai in the hope of obtaining relief and Fassages to Europe. The danger of this happening has already showed itself in no slight degree, and the drastic manner with which the Refugee Relief Committee will deal with any such occurrence was emphasized by the request that newspapers in ports, not only in China but also Japan' and Siberia, will give it prominence.
Mr. Edward Ezra presided at the committee meeting. In reviewing the work which had so far been done, he spoke of the number of meals provided, and said that very} few people realized the amount of distress there was among these re-
Some or 1 fugees. They had warned these people that the present work was only of a temporary nature, and that in April it would come to an They had accordingly to make own arrangements between now and that time.
He also spoke of the difficulty of shipping people away, and made an appeal for cooperation on the part of the shipping companies. They had a large waiting list of people wishing to be shipped away.
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