Arrangements for the welfare of the quarter of a million refugees now being cared for in the "Jacquinot Zone" in Nantao are proceeding in am entirely satisfactory manner, it was learned yesterday. The question of the status of the refugee area has been the subject of conversations between the parties concerned, and it has now been decided that, for the time being, the area shall remain under the supervision of the Committee who, actuated by purely humanitarian motives, will be responsible for the welfare of the tizens" of the refugee zone.
The Japanese forces, in accordance with their agreement, have not entered the area supervised by the committee. The committee with a view to keeping order, have organized a small force of local men under the supervision of a small body of specially enrolled Russians.
Of the population at present in th area, 100,000 may be reckoned destitute, and these are being housed in the vacated properties. Sanitation work, at present in an elementer stage, being undertaken by is organized squads. A certain amount of clinical work is in progress, and arrangements are being perfected for the opening of a central hospital. The water supply is still limited, but apart from the wells in the area a certain amount can be obtained from the emergency supply made available by the French Concession authorities, and the French Waterworks Company.
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