The advertisements which appeared in Monday's "'N.-C. jews" concerning British Consular Lots registered in the name of Strafford Levinson, and on Tuesday relative to Mr. Levinson's registration as a British subject bring to light a rather interesting story of an alleged attempt to mislead the Consular authorities here on a question of nationality.
Willam—Strafford Levinson arrived in Shanghai about August of last year and held himself out to be a British subject, on the strength of which and the representations he made to the British Consular authorities he was duly registered as a British subject. He was admitted to practice before H. M. Supreme Court on August 26, 1919 as a barrister of the Inner Temple, being called to the Bar in 1914, since which time, it was state ed, he had been serving with H. M. Kérces and had subsequently practised in London. On the occasion of his wedding his parents were given as Sir John and Lady Levin. son, of Wiltshire.
We are informed that it now appears that Mr. Levinson was not a British subject at all, but a Russian born of Russian' parents in Russia, and that some time during April of this year he endeavoured to secure registration as a Russian citizen, but, we are informed, without suc ce: For some reason or other Mr. Levinson decided to leave Shanghai and it now appears that he did not leave on a British passport, but a Russian passport, travelling on the str.
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