Apparently the chief ground of criticism is the dormitory-system. Those accustomed to the privacy of apartments or private rooms do not take kindly to dormitories holding 50 or more people, their children and their belongings, but in view of the great demands made on what little space is available to the Government in its attempts to house all the refugees from Shanghai who cannot afford to pay for accommodation elsewhere, it is difficult to see what exactly could have been done otherwise, The refugees at the Central British School, which is due to open soon for the autumn term, have not been moved, as yet. It is possible that they, too, will be sent to Laichikok—which will please SAMURAI, no doubt—but nothing definite has been settled in this regard, and they are to remain there for the time being, despite the reproaches of parents of the school-children.
Samurar's letter to the "North-China Daily News" anent the-'segregation of the refugees into two classes was apparently deemed worthy of special notice by one of the cable-agencies, for the following day it appeared, in condensed form, on the news-pages of such journals as cater to this service. This was flattering to SAMURAI no doubt, but the reception of his letter here was not so flattering.
In the first place, no refugee would admit to belonging to the lower of the two classes, and, ipso facto, felt therefore that segregation was "nec-assary and important." In the second place, competent outside observers agreed that some form of segregation was needed.
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