Turning again to the present hostilities in China he stated that @id not think that mediation at this point would be desirable. Mediation was only desirable, he added, when both the parties concerned wanted itvand he thought that this was more less the view of the British Government.
Asked if he had any comments to make upon the Jewish problem. Shanghai, Sir Vielor expressed. the opinion that further immigration 10 Shanghai should be discouraged. The committee here, however, had done wonderful things considering the small funds available but there was a limit to all things and Shang-hal could not stond any great intux of people. "If any more Jews arrived, hho continued, it would only mean a great deal of hardship for them for Shanghai was not a prosperous place fand did not possess a bottomless purse.
'Tie Jews here at the present time, however, were not proving a drag the city as he had witnessed during his walks around the camp sel aside for them at Ward Road. Here they were living as a community 49 cents a day, working and themselves' until such time 15 they could leave the amp to go into regular employment Tur resignation of Mr, A. Hartmann from the Board of Film Censors, owing to his impending departure on Teave, has been accepted with regret by the Shanghai Municipal Council.
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