Adventures of Russian Cyclist Who is Now Penniless The tale of an unfortunate round-the-world cyclist, a Russian who began his trip from Harbin to meet with all kinds of troubles on the cylinder engines and hee speed will be 104 Knots. The Hungehien, the name of the new tender, has been designed and built under' the direction of Mr. John Gray, Consulting Engineer for many years connected, with the ianghal Dock Engineering Company. She is to be ussd entirely for postal service on the upper Yangtze. way, has been related in a recent issue of the "Central China Post."
Mr. N. Morozov-Shevirg the unfortunate victim on his world sporting tour, has arrived in Shanghai from Hankow, It is the hope of some of his fellow countrymen that Shang hai sporting associations, will some way be able to start him on his way again—perhaps get up competition or in return for adver~ rising which he might do, finance him to his next sto The story from Hankow follows:—All went well with him apparently on his journey from Harbin to Tientsin, and only the highest tribute to pay to the courtesy of Japanese officials whom hho met with, but, having left Tientsin and Peking for Hankow he got to a point somewhere near Paoting-fa on the night of Monday, ber 19, ang there misfortune overtook him. He had only just are ranged himself for the night when he was fallen upon by a gang of hunghutze or soldiers—he cannot say which, and the difference in any case ig not great—who stripped him of all he possessed, save his nightshirt The bandits not only. took away from him his money, personal property and documents of {dentity, but also took away from him the bicycle on which he was undertaking his world tour. All his endeavours the following day to apply to the local authorities for redress were met with a complete Tack of success and, on the contrary, further indignities were heaped upon him, according to his statement, and he was generally treated with the utmost discourtesy at their hands.
In Paotingfu he was immediately subjected to a most searching enauiry by the military authorities of Chang Teo-lin's forces, and he was on the point of being put under. arrest on the charge of being Bolshevik and spy. only escaping' from this mishap by the opportune help of some French friends who fortunately recognized him and gave him valuable assistance. Later, through the aid of other: friends, Mr. Morozov was booked through by train to Hankow, where. he has arrived absolutely penniless and is now attempting to call the attention of the Chinese authorities to his case so that he may gain redress at least to the extent of being furnished with aflother bicycle on which to continue his journey.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.