One could sce yesterday the sheets of the local Russian papers in mourning—that was their last tribute to the late Gen. Baron P..N.
Wrangel, who died in Brussels on April 25. In 1919 Gen, Wrangel succeeded Gen, Deriikin a6 commander-in chief of the White Russian Armies, which at the time had suffered very bad reverses in the Caucasus and central Russia. Gen, Wrangel concentrated his troops in the Crimea and was promised help if ho would combine his actions with those of Poland, which at that time was at war with the Soviet. He [did so, but the Poles shortly aft. wards concluded an Armistice with the Bolsheviks and immediately after it the huge masses of the Red troops were rushed against Gen. JWrangel. As the promised help had not materialized, and in order to avoid a wholesale massacre of Whites ty the Bolsheviks, Gen.
Wrangel then arranged with the Powers an evacuation to Constantinople of his troops.
About 100,000 military and refus -gees went through the misery, hard-Ships and humiliation of this period which will always remain as one of the most painful episodes of the Russian revolution. Gen. Wrangel had an extremely difficult task in arranging the admission and passage of the masses of the refugees into the different countries, while his soldiers found an asylum Yugo-Slavia and Bulgaria, where they worked in mines and built roads, remaining at the same time military units as before constant menace to the Red Moscow. Gen, Wrangel himself resided latterly in Brussels and was a strong supporter of the Grand Duke Nicolas, That Moscow attached much importance to Gen, Wrangel himself is obvious from the fact that the Bolshevik agente-prove. tours tried very hard to induce him to come secretly to Russin to lunch an anti-Bolshevik uprising from the ie, a trick which ended fatally to the age Prine Dolgorouky. A, possible successor to command the Russian troops in exile is Gen. Koutepoff, who went with Baron Wrangel through thick and thin, The Japanese Emperor Probably 20,000 people at the Jeast will participate in the celebra~ tion in Shanghai of the Japanese Emperor's birthday which takes pico tomorrow. hongkew Park be the scene of their celebration, and there can be no question as to the enthusiasm which will characterized the proceedings. On the throne of Japan is a young man intensely sympathetic towards everything that concerns his subjects, and the people of Japan appreciate in @ marked degree the broad outlook which he shows when comes to political and foreign questions. It is hardly necessary to mention that the Emperor is a close friend of the Prince of Wales, and Jike the latter his fx vourite pastime! is riding. Then he is also a keen golfer, and when one considers that Rolf has taken hold of the Japanese ation in a way that probably ther sport has done, we see another proof of how much akin to his people fre the tastes of the occupant of the throne, "More and more are members of the Japanese royal hous identifying themselves with the doings of the populace of the country, and it is apparent every day that in the present Emperor the Japanese have a ruler of the type which will appeal to them, Tomorrow's celebrations in Hongkew Park will be of an elaborate and characteristic kind, and we take this opportunity of Joining with our fellow residents in their expressions of loyalty to their Emperor and in wishing him all success in the coming year,
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