There is one class of these fugees of whom one scarcely knows how to speak, or what to recommend for their relief. They are the sort not seen about on the streets and when one does meet them they arouse a big measure of sympathy. In the past few years some of the Russians who have come to Shanghai have been of a type that would not be a oredit to any nation, but it is entirely wrong to assume that they are typical of the whole race. In the old days there was no more courteous, gallant, generous and in every way charming gentleman than the average well educated Russian, whether of the upper or middle class. Many of the stories of feudal barbarism as allegedly practised in Russia are as imaginary as the horsemanship of the Cossack. The Soviet has not murdered all of the old class and, though, as stated before, one does not see them patrolling the Bund, they can be seen by the score inside the Russian Bureau.
Too proud to ask charity, too proud to loaf about the streets and run the risk of being classed as beggars, they wait for hours in the big hall, though, obviously the little formalities - cannot be performed all at once. Their uniforms are faded and many are worn, but they are al! brushed clean and worn correctly and proudly. Advance to speak to any one of them, and. though he be a General (as some
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