Several globe trotters were detained for a fortnight on one steamer and we had come to re~ gard them as permanent residents but being wise in their generation they quietly folded their tents like the Arabs and silently vanished away by one of the winter steamers, They left us a fragrant memory and at Toast one new story. The story, rans something like this.
An international scientific body decided that the collected knowledge of the elephant and his ways was neither complete nor date and they requested their corresponding members in all countries to make good the deficiency. In due course the response was received from various countries, An English member contributed a book entitled "Elephant hunting in Upper Burma." From Poland came monograph on "The Elephant and Poland" A German forwarded a learned essay on "The Eldphant, the first Tank used in War" anda French savant sent a masterly analysis "L'Blephant et ses Amour PrKING is being invaded by ever-increasing numbers of Russian re-fagees. Most of them, state reports reaching Shanghai, are penniless and with little clothing or food. As usual Chinese officialdom says they are "a menace to peace and good order. Such is certainly far from the truth in Shanghai, which also suffers from periodical invasions of under-fed, badly clothed victims of Red Revolution. How many, violent crimes" are committed by them in a year? They can be counted on the fingers of one hand, while the petty offend: fers are usually arrested for begging,
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