A chapter in the life of a group of White Russians in the service of 4 Chinese general on the Mongolian border was revealed at the Second Special District Court on Friday {when Yakov Vassilievitch Blankine, jaills Visdmir \Gromoft," again. sppeared on a charge of murdering in Shanghai on November 3, Nicolas Petroff Petrovitch, who commanded the unit.
Yakov told the Court that the deceased was responsible for the death of at least four of his suber dinates in 1932 and 1933. The deecaseds, scoused said, was' the com mander of a group of Russians employed by the Chinese general, Li Kuo.tung, near the Mongol border. Deceased was very cruel jo his men. In 1932, he shot two of his men just in a At of longer, and at the end of 1933, he [beat ' another of his men with al {stick and the latter died. Another victim was one named Dunov whom the "deceased shot dead with a Mauser pistol in 1933. Stil) another an who had been beaten up by riseners were deott with in the same Communist Mterature and docu-
Int 10 addresses all 25.000 diferent copies of Communist books land pamphlets were discovered, 2,000 fof them being found at a place In the Settlement which was used as 0 storehouse by the Shanghai branch fof the Chinese Communist Youth Teague.
Strikes—There were five strikes in the Settlement. "They affected a total fof 439 workers and" resulted in a Toss of 1.107 working days, Statistics of strikes which occurred Jéuring the month are as follows:—
No.ot hands. working Settlement sas 07 Area strikes. affected. days loot.
Settlement and Chinese controt-Jed territory 1198
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