Food supplies at Woosung are sufficient to last until January 1, but while they will be able to re ceive sparse: rations during this period these people have no coal and are short of drinking water. A small supply vessel from Gensan, bringing two or three months' rations, is expected within the next few days. For. tunately no illness has so far broken out among either passengers or crew. Having in most cases no overcoats, they are feeling the cold acutely in such an exposed situation as the Woosung road.
Orphans and other refugees having been embarked out of charity, the Admiral finds himself in serious difficulty regarding their future support. His intention is to land them as quickly as possible, and, in the case of the orphans, try to arrange for them to be cared for until they are old enough to earn a livelihood. As far as the adults are concern d, he fears he must disembark them whatever their chances may be of obtaining employment. He declares that none of the refugees, orphans as well, will return to Russia for fear of being massacred.
It has been proposed by Admiral Stark that some of the ships should be sold with a view to obtaining sufficient funds to rescue those refugees left at Gensan. There is also a suggestion that other vessels should be made to form a merchant fleet.
One of the Admiral's staff officers stated during the week end that the Chinese Government terbia them to remain in Chinese waters or disembark.
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