As a practical contribution to the unemployment problem among the British in Shanghai, membership of the appropriate national society is a duty enjoined on every British Ment at this moment. There-Fore the oppe: ing made by the Royal Society of St. Genge for the recruitment of English Shang-hollanders to its roll of members deserves a special note. The Presi dent, Mr. R. M. J, Martin, in making this appeal' refers pointedly, to the present distress: there is at the moment a very con-Sidernble "amount of distress amon our nationals in Shanghai and. we shall "be called upon make generous grants in ald to save many Engl ing below. the the next few Englishmen are urged to communicate with the Honorar; Sure, 3 Room 202, No. 12 The Bund 'f they are not members of this Sociey for their enrolment is plainly an urgen~ obligation, in that it empowers thera effectively'to give weight to relict of the embarrassments under which many of their their countrymen here are labouring.
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