Plans as to how this tremendous influx of mostly destitute persons will be met are to be discussed at a meeting which is being held this afternoon, and at which representatives of both committees dt present looking after the refugees, will attend.
Meanwhile, a large number of those who arrived aboard the Conte Verde on Sunday are forced to sleep on the floor of the Synagogue on Museum Road as no other suitable place has as yet been found. Straw has been strewn on the floors and a number of prominent ladies are seeing to it that these people are being fed twice daily.
A large number of refugees are also living at the Embankment Building where part of the building has been allotted to them temporarily. Meanwhile, the committee is nego-fiating to obtain the loan of suitable buildings in the Hongkew district which could be adopted to the requirements that will have to be faced in the near future.
Efforts have been made to find employment for some of the specialized men in other parts of China but up to now these attempts have only had little success. The chances for suitable jobs in Shanghai are very slim however and this is worrying the committee to a very consider-
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