Unemployed foreigners of 45 different nationalities registered with the Employment Bureau of the local Salvation Army during the past year, it is revealed in the report of Brigadier B. Morris, who commands the Army in this area. Employment was found for 147 male foreigners, while a considerable number - of others were assisted in returning to their native homes. At the end of {he year 418 foreigners were registered with the Bureau.
The past year was one of the most strenuous in the Shanghai history of the Army, some of the departments having had to work at greatly increased pressure, while the activities of other departments were to a certain extent curtailed due to the Sino-Japanese hostilities in the Shanghai An Embassy official seemingly cannot get rid of newspapermen.
Free for a day from the news-hunters' ceaseless requests for "a good story," officials of the Japanese Embassy in China will still be keenly watched by newspapermen this afternoon the "Shanghai Mippo" predicted yesterday.
Mobilizing their best talent, the Japanese Embassy staff will trek io the Hongkew Diamond to seek revenge for the constant perdecution with the aid of baseball bats.
Mo, nothing more serious than a baseball game, the "Nippo" said. Mr. Kiyoshi Fukui, acting consul-general in Nanking, will pitch; Mr. Akiyoshi Tajiri First Secretary of the Embassy, wil be on the second mound. The daily did not give the newsmen's line-up.
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