If Shanghai takes pride in its charitable works, it has reason to be proud of what it has done for the. destitute Russians here and many a pious prayer for the welfare of generous benefactors has gone up from cold, hungry and misery-tortured outcasts. However, the mere feeding and clothing of any destitute Russian who drifts into our midst is not sufficient; the problem extends jong way beyond that. With this in aumd we propose in a series of articles to show precisely what is the state of affairs at present, what is beimg done, and to suggest what more might be done.
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