The Archive · 1940

Burden Increased

The Federation of Philanthropic Bodies, a Chinese organization in Yunnan Road, and the society will have to take care of them as long as they live in Shanghai, because otherwise they will face starvation. The announcement clears away a misunderstanding that all Chinese refugees here have been sent away.

On the contrary, it is pointed out the public will have to support these remaining helpless refugees fcr a long period of time and the burden of philanthropic bodies has been increased. It is stated that for the refugee rice alone the Society will have to pay sums of money four times as big as before.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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