Yesterday's incident was a flare-up of the discontent that has been felt in some refugee circles ever since the local committee signed the contract for the transportation rights some time ago. The contract was reported to have been arranged by Dr. Marx and signed by the committee upon his advice, Meanwhile, 40 Jewish refugees here had started small transportation businesses of their own, with the intention of dividing the work obtained by the arrival of each new shipload of emigres. These 40 different firms employed a total of 150 men and were indignant. when they discovered that the exclusive privilege of handling the refugees luggage had been given to one fern, and a non-Jewish firm at that, 'A mass meeting of the owners and employees of the Jewish transportation firms was held in Wayside La week and the matter was put up to the local Jewish Refugee Committee. An explanation as to why the transportation monopoly had been granted to one fern was demanded and the committee, through a local Jewish newspaper, replied that they would explain the matter when Dr, Marx returned from Hongkong. The incident at the Shanghai & Hongke Wharf yesterday was caused by some exciteable individual who could contain himself no longer when he caught sight of Dr, Marx tand demanded a show down there and then Dr, Marx could not be met last night but a statement is expected from him today. The refugees who arrived yesterday received accommodations in the various centres in the Wayside District,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.