The Archive · 1927

Alias Borodin

The list of Michael Grusenberg's assumed names continues to grow and with each new name comes. a fresh chapter in his history. We must call attention to the article which we reproduce from the "Chicago Daily News" to-day in Jwhich Grusenderg, alias Jacob Borodin in China, is identified with the Michael Berg, who ran a scheat for languages and for beginners in Bolshevism in Chicago in 1919, is not surprising to discover that these international trouble makers, Grusenberg and Fanny Orluk, who is now the elusive Borodina, were in 'America or anywhere else' in the past, but it is interesting to note that' our Borodin actually grew up in the United States and that both and his wife received their school ing there—were in fact American schoolmates. America's immigration of undesirables is backfiring with ever-increasing frequency, and the serious problems which have grown Jout of the admission in the past of nuillions of aliens, whose non-Ameri-jeanism iz m source of worry and whose absorption holds forth no promise of an improved breed, ure too well known to all Americans to stir them profoundly; but we feel that the American business communities China will have something fresh to say on the subject when they discover that an American school incubated Borodin and Borodina, Acconpinc to the Chinese newspapers, the Nanking Government has established a Ministry of Agriculture with Mx, Chang Nai-former president of the Sun n University, as Minister. Mr, Taj Tien-chou, Minister of Labour, tendered his resignation owing to illness, Mr. Yeh Cho-chang, former managing editor of the Shanghai "Afinkuojihpao", has been appointed to act pro ten At Hongkong last week, Mr, B. V, M. R. de Sousa sold, by order of the mortgagees, a valuable lease= hold property at Yaumati, Kowloon, The property has a total aren of 388,506 square fect, of which 88,085 square fect has been built upon and is covered by 111 houses, The upset. Price was $1,750,000, and the property eventually was knocked down to Mr. N, V. A. Croucher for $1,780,000.

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