A further statement relative to the figure it] hus reached draws attention to Earl Baldwin's fund for Jewish refugees, which has now reached the total of £374,334, and that partiularly from the local point' of view. It has. Been stated that the funds for dealing with the problem created by the arrival of some of these refugees from Central Europe in Shang hak, and the knowledge that more are to be expected, must naturally give rise to some finxlely regarding the amount of money likely. to be available for their care. It is stated that Jocal contributions have been by no means meagre, but It is clear that the monthly outlay for the care of these unfortunate people represents a considerable sum. In the circumstances it may be permitted to suggest that Earl Baldwin's fund is something to which those responsible locally for caring for the refugees might with advantage look. The problem presented in Shanghai by these refugees is part of the whole problem which has aren, and it ix possible that this will be the view of those responsible for administering Earl Baldwin's fund. At least it ought to be, and if application has not already been made to it for assistance one should certainly be forwarded. The grant of a small sum from the home fumd as compared with its present {otal would be of inestimable advantage relieving @ situation locally which gives rise to anxiety. As matters stand it is Impossible to prevent more of these refugees arriving in [Shanghai and it is doubtful whether in all the circumstances such a prohibition would be desirable, but that being the case, it is also desirable' that outside assistance " should be' available for taking care of them when they do arrive. The sum total of misery in Shang. hai has been indeed great these last twenty. months, Fortunately it has not succeeded in making Shanghai callous to the needs of others, though it must be emphasized that the limits of Shanhals charity are in danger of being 40on In the Hungjao Area Things happen almost every night in the Hungjao ares, illustrating what one of the residents aptly describes as the "new disorder In East Asia." Many of them never come to the fears of the police, since the villagers are in the dificult position of being between the Japanere military and the "Ta Tao" police on the one side, and the guerillas and bandits on the other. 'They do not want to appear to know too much and hence the disorder is hidden underneath a pall of secrecy. It was reliably reported yester~ day, however, that at 9 a.m. on Sunday, at the' corner of Rubicon Road and Hungjso Road. Japanese military truck was held up by Chinese and. tour Japanese soldiers who were in it were spirited away. The same day, but during the evening, a band of Chinese raided a village off the Rubicon Road and, it is reported, got away. with $15, which was all the money the villagers could serape together. They tried to carry off 2 seven-year old child of one of the villagers, but the child set up such a screaming that it was released a few hundred yards from its home, where it was found by a watchman employed by one of the foreign residents and escorted back {0 safety. Not only this. The telephone wire in MacLeod Road area was again cut -and stolen during the night. And this in Spite of all the precautions which the Japanese are suippased to have taken to put down robbery:
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