Nov. 28.
Serious as has been the lot of the Russian refugees since the revolution, it is doubtful, concerning those stranded in the Far East, whether it has ever been worse than to-day. With the Reds as masters now of all Si-bena we are probably witnessing the exodus of the last group of White Russians, additional thousands going to swell the ranks of those already' in exile in countries where, apart from the fortunate ones, the best they can hope to do is to eke out the most precarious of livings. So long as Vladivostok remained an entity beyond the control of the Bolsheviks these people were in a condition to earn some sort of livelihood, although it can hardly have been of the most secure or bounteous kind, and they even gave voice to their own national aspirations. Only a few weeks ago, for instance, Vladivostok offered a tangible alleg-lance to the Romanoff dynasty, and immediately there was an answering echo from Harbin, where prayers were offered up in the churches for the return of o* the Tsars. On such a subject Vladivostok will henceforth be silent, and aspirations of the kind just mentioned may only be audible outside of the Russian dominions. That they will con-
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