A very interesting venture Was launched on Saturday in the shape of a new weekly paper under the habovo title, published in both Russian and English.~ In the foreword we read There has long been felt among the large number of Russian merchants an' business men trading in Ching, Manchuria and Siberia the lack of an organ published in their mother tongue which, being void of any political influences, would undottake the task of assembling and disseminating among them detailed information as to movements on the world's markets, in fact keep them in touch with the outside business world.
On the other hand, many a foreign business man watches with keen interes' commercial developments in Russia, and ously awaits the moment when conditions may warrant the resumption activities in this enormous market wi its boundless potential possibilities order to send there the surplus of his manufactures and to find access ta_the natural resources, of the country. also are in need of a publication which would enable them to obtain impartial information on the commercial situation ju Russia, and more particularly in Siberia and the Russian Far East.
All this is perfectly true, and a journal] of such a kind, which eon-fines itself to trade facts and eschews politics, deserves success. The "Russian Economic Review is well printed and produced. and the English section contains some interesting matter. The editorial offices are in -the new Russ Asiatic Bank building.
Kiukiang Road.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.