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Show UNITED STATES WILL ACT FOR GERMANS WASHINGTON", Doc. 12. At tho request re-quest of tho Genmtn embassy here the state department has undertnken to arrange ar-range for tho coining to the Unitod States ol! a number of German women and children, refugees at Shanghai, China, most, of whom left Kianchow before be-fore the eiege of that fortress !by the Japanese nnd English began. Tho department has referred the matter to the bureau of immigration for its opinion, as thore might be objection objec-tion if any of tho refugees were liablo to become public charges. Arrangements also have beon made for sending relief funds to German prisoners in Siberia. The ncens!iry authority au-thority has been given to tlie American minister to China to Rend funds cabled to him to the detention camps where the CeruKina were reported to bo badly in need of money. |