Present conditions point to a rapid development of acute distress among foreigners in Shanghai. As it is considered necessary for this point to be brought home to people in England, the B.W.A. has already got in touch with its ce-ordinating organization, the Victoria League, in London and it is strongly urged that all who can shoud at grice get in touch with the ce-ordinating organization thus effectively established. Inquiries through any of the societies will be readily answered, but it is probable that the B.W.A. will act as the coordinating centre of the movement.
This Scheme was tried three or four years ago when unemployment was particularly rife in Shanghai, and it was successful insofar as that period of distress lasted. "The present upheaval will raise far more anxious problems and therefore it is all the more essential that co-ordina tion to prevent overlapping and waste of effort should be developed.
This is as much in the interest of each individual charitable society as it is beneficial to the fundamental object—the relief of foreigners in the most effective and promptest fashion.
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