Fourteen-Year-Old Russian Boys, on Cycling Escapade Two would-be Marco Polos, aged 14 years each, left Shanghai on November 7 on a voyage of discovery to see what lay over the} horizon in the direction of Jo They are Russian youths, students of the Thomas Hanbury School for Boys, and needless to say their parents were not fully informed as! to the explorers' intentions until a safe start had been made, otherwise obstacles might have been put in their paths that would have made the trip an impossibility, but such is the way with trail breakers the world over.
The trip, however, in keeping with their youthful enthusiasm is something. of an innovation in voyages of discovery, for they are going by bicycle and from last reports were hull down, or whatever the discoverers' terminology is, la the direction of Foochow.
Their names are A. Lehman and FE, Guthezah! and should their] whereabouts be known to anyone in the Settlement, both parents and the police would greatly appreciate the information.
Information gleaned from their fellow students reveals that though with their plans blocked on several occasions and with the unexpected obstacles that every explorer meets, they have nevertheless carried on enthusiastically over the interests that Java could offer greater than those of Shanghs
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