Story of Repentence Told by Red at Mayor's Reception Moscow-trained Chinese Com. rusnist, "who became. "repentant find. surrendered "himself to the jareau of Public er holding several, high ficial "Communist cite tight years, was invited bythe City Government
the reasons why he had severed his to apeak of his past experiences an eerste pret and Felations with the Reds. The meet, Ing took place ili the City Govern: monte ofhee and. was ateented Sie. T,°¥'chang, a, seervtary Gen, Wu 'Teehen" the Mayor "The penitent referred to'was Sun fiupen, ined. the Chiming, a native of Huang. mone in 1926 and, after seceiin ing. in Moscow for' sever Incas sent" bythe Third Rermationaie to stay conditions fu Europe Returning' to" China 1030, he was called on to act an 2 1 Kiangat "Proving Members of the local Estonian community, whose president is Mr. B.'H.. Romberg, celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the proclamation of their country's inde-Dendence with a dinner at the Astor House Hotel. on. February 24. Estonians in Shanghai mumber 117, of whom 17 are master mariners.
Surrounded by powerful nations and occupying an Important strate: gie position on. the Baltic, the Estonian people did not succeed in retaining "independence throughout earlier history. Though re~ maining autonomous. Estonia has at various periods since the thirteenth century acknowledged the control of. Germany, Denmark, Swesen, and, for 200 years, that of Russia." It was the attempt of the Soviet" Government. to" reunite following the Bolshevist revolution, which led. the successful war of independence.
The nation is now organised as an independent democratic republic, foil rights "being" granted 0. all facial minorities—-Russian, German, and. Jewish. Political not et had time to take Gefinite form, bat her of December 1924 all organisations working on the basis of the Third International have been prohibited.
Close attention is paid to edacational and cultural. activities, "The Tartu University, founded in 1632 the great Swedish conqueror gustavus Adolphua, was re-opened in 1919 a3 an Estonian institution, and the state claims to have year there is a national sing ieracy, whatever. Beh fourth Festival in which as many as 18008 choristers and musicians have taken part at one time.
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