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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1940.

Food Promise May Ease Shanghai

REFUGEES FROM

NORTH CHINA

Panic

Shanghai, November 9:

Mr. Roger Lapham, ECA China Mission chief, fast night promised American wheat, flour and rice for starvation-threatened Shanghai and othor urban centros of China.

In a statement that struck hope into what had all the appearances of a hopeless situation, Mr. Lapham said he was shocked at the distress

Knows Trade Inside Out

London, November 8 William House appilad in Court today for a licenos to operate · pub at Bethnal Grien.

The judge naked his quail. ficationk

"House anid, "I'hava boon a regular customer there for 24 years.". His application wAD granted United Press.

that met his eyes on his return from Washing Sterling Area

ton.

American Food

hly

Trade Pact With Japan

Shanghai, November 9. The International Refugee Organisation has agreed "in White principle" to evacuate Joading Hong Kong 11th Nov.

Russian and other refugees from North Chinu to Shunghai, Mr. Bólogoff, the Chairman of "To see is to believe", he | nothing to do with the new yuan the Shanghai Russian Emi-said. "I had been worned in on which so much hope had been

Association, tokl

I could nol pinned, the Washington but grants North China Daily News to realise how grave was the con-

dition of nearly all classes of In a statement, Mr. Lapham lay,

London, November 9. people in their search for fond," sald American food will make up

Japan's trade with the sterl- He blamed the Chinese govern- major portion of the rations to this

Ing area will be increased over) ment's "unsount economic mea-be started at the end of

month-

placeti

from sures and poor planning."

Chinese three and a half times officials

the past few days | July this year to June, 1949, it of the deepening crisis daily pro- was officially announced here

Ised shipments of food into today. Shanghai bai as day after day

Representatives of the Supreme their

promises retained

Command Allied Powers, acting alled, panic among the populace for occupied Japon, and repre- increased.

Yesterday there were

nine sentatives of five Commonwealth rice

city countries today formally conclud. riots throughout the

ed an arrangement by which with rioters-numbering several

the minimum value of thousand, according to Chinas trade to

6ix reports.

rice shops

and £55,000,000 will be done between these courstries and occupied three private homes were loot.

Japan in that period, the ed,

the nouncement soki.

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How and when this could be eftccted depended upon trispor tation, he added, He had no exact information. There are said to be almost 700 White Russians Ticutain anal Pelping.

Ja

Major Panic

During the past few days the Asked whether there were foot situation in Shanghai and any Derangements to evacuate | other rities slipped completely refugeea from Bhanghal. Me out of the control of Chinese au- Bologoft revealed that attempts thorities. The abulition of price have been made

various controls on November 1, Instead directions,

of the releasing

fownl food into the cities, resulted in la major panic and complete loss

Taith in the gold yuan.

Farmers

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He hoped something could be done but the first thang wan tou help the people In North China.

It was understond that various South American consatur nuthor). ties here have been stunted re garding the possibility of reset- Ding some of Shanghai's Europeior refugee pop.dation in their coun- tries.-Reuten.

of the

unful-

Mr. Lapham's promise is Arst one the public is likely to