Sewish refugees who have already fed to the comparative security of Shanghai to escape molestation in their home-lands are now numbered at 15,000. About 5.000 more were ceted to arrive here before the end of the year. and as a result of the Japanese ban. would have been compelled to seek their abode South of the Creek. With the hospital situation already acute, the burden of 5.000 more dependent people thrown fon the resources of the city would bbe indeed a dificult one to bear.
An outbreak of any epidemic. for! Instance, would be disastrous. When scarlet fever struck the refugees living North of the Creek a few months ago it was coped with quite successfully because there was ample space with which to provide an emergency hospital while the refugees themselves cared for their sick com= patriots. A_similar epidemic among thousands of refugees living South of the Creek would be quite different as there is hardly a single vacant Dullding. which might be used asa hospital, in the entire city and the hospitals are filled to capacity.
Following the decision of the Shanghai Municipal Council to curtail the immigration of Jewish refugees to Shanghai, the French Consul-General yesterday issued an ordinance prohibiting any more Jew-refugees from taking residence the French Concession. All shipping companies in Shanghai were notified of the new ruling, which went into effect yesterday.
Anxious inquiries were presented. by worried Jewish refugees in Shang hai last night regarding the: fate of number of emigres who are leaving Genoa tomorrow on a ship bound Sees, cee oe ame bone Shanghai who were awaiting the arrival of relatives on this vessel were stricken with the fear that they might not meet, families again. The ship is not due to sail until tomorrow but the SMC. edict states that only refugee: who are already on their way to Shanghai may disembark here.
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