To the Editor of the "NontH-CuINA Datty News."
Sim,—Several letters been written during the last days on the Russian question, most of them by people who either are communists ther There is, for instance, lander" who evidently finds typist ary of eight roubles plug supplies, of which she can make no use having no household, a normal 20 roubles, pointed: exception." In such place "Vneshtorg," that is Foreign 'Tr Bureau, much money is in eiveal tion and it is therefore no wonder a typist can get this, for Vladivostok conditions, princely' salary. But in all other " government institutions the salary ix 8-80 roubles. Would you let your daughter or sister worke for such pay, "Shanghailander?" 1 not." But you think of hey are only Russian gids, belonging to an inferior race. Youn letter is witty, people can afford to be witty speaking of things. they, have not experienced theniselves The letter of "Two New Friends of Russia" is not witty, but it is true every word of it and gives a real picture of life in USSR As to the letter with the tide "Saviours of Russia" written by, Mr, Berlin, who thinks he has the ight of insulting soldiers nian of whom have been' under arms since 1014, it struck me mostly by its advice to the refugees to go "home" and work helping to build the future of Russia, will here try to give a few amples illustrating the conditions' for this "building of mew life' fam going to speak only of the' Maritime Province as it is the part of Russia T have geon since 1920.
Vitdivostok and the surrounding towns and villages have been unde the reign of the Reds only since 1922, 1 Its large shipbuilding factory enid ployed a large number of people, When I left in Februmy all the departments but one were closed, leven the power station which gave
All private power stations werd light to a great part of the town, closed too and the municipality had the monopoly of giving light to the whole town. The result of all this, besides a lot of people getting out of work, was that the whole town aid not seo the lighting of street lam) Jany more. Every house-owner was obliged to fix a lamp before his house, but as electric light was. to, be found only in some houses, thig Tittle lamp (kerosene) was of not much use.
There is in Vladivostok a mill. Te is large and excellently equipped. For some years it had not been working because of the difficulty in procuring rice.
1920 the Bank of Chosen Ported the Koreans of the Province in the cultivation of rice in 1923 the crops amounted to five million pods. The owners of the Deforesaid mill started negotiations with the authorities concerning the resuming of work. They. offered the. most favourable conditions to the government, but did not succeed and the mill is not working.
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