The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-28
Thousands Flock to Shanghai
 f0m PoIt Arthur
LIVE IN DIRTIEST HOVEls
Women Struggle Along the Streets and Ignorant Men Are swindIed On Every Hand By Chinese
 Merchants.

Shanghai, March s-tcorrespondence 0. the Associated Press .)-shanghai is ocyerrun with Russians From Port Ar thur two thousand and over have flock ed to the Chinese port via Nagasaki and chefoo. officers on parole with their sailor and soldier servants, civil offi- eials, merchants, refugees of all sorts, Greek camp followers with their women suriats, Circassians, siberians from ev- cry province of the Russian Emperor S wide realms
 They throng the streets, unkept un- cared for. Long lines of Jinrikishas roll up and down the Bund bearing booted women, their heads kerchiefed. thelr dresses sagging through the roadways siush and mud, drag shiverinR children here and there All day long the crowds are blocking the sidewalks In front of the Russo-Chinese bank and the Rus sian consulate. From early in the morn Ing till long after sunset the strange procession shuffles to and fro without guidance, unheeded
 No One Seems to Care.
 No one seems to know or care what becomes of the waifs from the north. From Port Arthur some of them have gone to Chefoo by steamer; many of them have made the trip in junks their one desire being to leave the stricken fortress. the transport of the Jauanese refusing at the beginning of the war to handle them. Everything was done quietly and economically. There was no one lighting for themselves, no waste on the way. Below Shanghai lie steam CTS chartered by the government to carry the refugees back to Russia. the Mum chen, the Princess Marie and the An- dalusia. Brick stoves have been built or their decks and the boats are filthy.
 on the Bund the Russians are every where in view. Now and then there is an officer with sunken cheeks talking in whisper. gasping almost, limping as he leans on his rough stick. More often they are healthy enough. In grey orercoat, the wealthier men in shining uniforms. They crush by four in. carriage. smoking. talking, gesticulating. The better class Of refugees have been distributed among the hotels; the poor folk sleep on park benches in the light horse riding school.
 Boarding Houses Crowded.
 The boarding houses in Hong Kew, that part of the settlement stretching down the river from the left bank of the Soochow. are crowded. Some 700 persons are quartered at the French camp used during the past boxer period to house the Shang- hal garrison. The women have separate quarters The men are packed into the barrack buildings and only a few are allowed to live with their families. From a common kitchen, meat, vegetables and soup are distributed and at meal time the mess pots and kettles are filled and carried to the stuffy quarters Fifteen men live in room 25x16 feet, a stove in the center. dirty coats and dirtier bed ding along both sides of the room. A. rough table and benches in the open space between. In the corners are bar rels full of refuse. The air Is foul. It reeks with the smell of food, with rank tobacco, with the stench of refuse and of unwashed humanity.
 swindled on Every Side,
 In the yards quite near the main build inss are the latrines open. and what ia worse, unheeded. Few of the refugees are able to speak any language save their own, and as result they have been swindied on every side. Jinirisksha coolies have taken fares far out into the country and set upon and robbed them. Many of the Chinese shops, particularly those kept by the ningpo men, since the murder of one of their fellows by a sailor from the Russian cruiser Askold, have refused to honor the Russian notes. The bank and the consulate, therefore. have been beset by clamoring men and women who want dollars for roubles. Their pockets filled. they make for the first shop in sight. Mothers have lost their children as they wandered aimlessly to and fro, going into a booth, to come again and discover that the little ones were gone. Everywhere there is confusion. But 1t Is always 'Nitchevo', no one cares.
 Few of the Russians seem to care about war. Defeat has not left it's ugly mark upon them. The Anglo-Saxon may argue on the eastern question with his con- tinental neighbor, but muscovite patriot ism reigns along the Chinese coast