Interesting information about the position of refugees in Europe and Asia is communal in a general report of the Council of the League of Nations to the Fifth Assembly.
According to statistics completed by the High Commission of the league of Nations, there were in the summer of 1924 more than one million and a ## Russian refugees. In the summer of 1924 the ## will expressed one million 200,000 of where were ## to work but could find no employment. As the session of the Council held in Jume the Brazillian and Uruguayan representatives offered ## suggestions in regard to the openings which ## be ## for these refugees in South American countries. The High Commission ## with the represent## of the A## and Uruguayan government who were present at the International La## Conference and ## a permise that the ## should be placed before their respective government who would be asked to receive a delegation with a view to studying on the spot the possibility of ## refugees to the countries ##.
B## May 1 and July 1. 1924, 2000 refugees were removed from Com## one-half of whom were sent to France which is the principle ## of Russia refugees. France has also accepted a number of Russians who had emigrant to Hanger and Poland in according with an agreement arrived at between the delegation of the High Commission in Poland the French Minister of Leader and French employers. It has been decided to sent an additional ## refugees from French their prospective employers have agreed an advance the amount of their traveling expenses such same to be repayable by means of insentient to be ## from their wages. The return number of either ## Russian and U## refugees who weight also be sent to France from Poland is ## is ##.
Germany has also declared ## in agreement with the plan for sending a ## to South America for the purpose of ## the possibility of finding employment for these refugees in Latin-American companies. A radiomen of railway fern ## when SB ## corn of the normal tariff has been agreed to by Germany. America Switzerland C##, Frances and Poland and it is hoped find these ## will here the effect of improving the position of Russian refugees in Poland, whose tamarind position is in many cases ##.
The most serious position however, in respect of Russian nationals is than there are in ## west number of refugees whose ## is rap## becoming worse. The total number of these is estimated at 70,000 by the local authorities, and it is considered that the problem con## by their presence in the northern part of the Chinese Republic can only be satisfactorily solved by their emigration to countries where there is a market for white labor.
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