The European war affects not only Chinese seamen formerly working aboard German ships which have been captured or scuttled but also those who have been working aboard Italian ships many of which are reported by the Chinese press to have suspended service, The first batch tive districts in Chekiang.
Some Italian ships in the Mediterranean are said to have suspended sailings and this affects all Chinese seamen remaining on board those ships. It is said that there are more Chinese seamen aboard Italian vessels than on German ships. More ed. than 800 of them have so far been rendered jobless as a result of suspension. The first group of them arrived here recently aboard the Conte Rosso.
It will be recalled that numerous Chinese seamen formerly working aboard German ships have returned to Shanghai jobless including the six laundryman from the Graf Spee, the scuttled German bosket battleship. They number about 2,000 and more of them are expected to arrive as they can hardly find jobs in European countries at war. Many overseas Chinese have even returned here from Holland and Belgium.
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