It Is impossible to give too much praise to the international committee which "has so ersoveringly and successfully worked to save Nantao from some of the horrors which have 'aMicted other parts of Shanghai. No doubt the committee as a whole will agree in giving special praise to Father Jacquinot whose courtageous humanity and vast knowledge of men and affairs in Shanghai have been of notable value in evoking ce-operation from the rival commands. In giving him and his committee credit, it is Mtting also to recognize the spirit of reasonableness and regard for humanitarian principles which moved the Japanese and Chi-Rose authorities to agree to the arrangement. Nothing has been more distressing in this Tocat upheaval than the exposure of refugees to the dangers and hardships of warfare. It has been bad enough that the hostilities have compelled them to vacate their humble homes and rush Into the apparently more secure districts, but 0 often in their new locations they have been involved in the destruction dealt out by guns and aeroplanes that their plight has been' pathetic in the extreme. Now at least some of them will be lodged in a strip of territory where it is hoped by the arrangement now made to protect them from further personal danger. On their economic dimculties definite assurances are not s0 readily forthcoming. It will now be the duty of the community as a whole to support whatever measures are taken to. start evacuation where possible and to initiate relief Works for those who cannot be removed.
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