In the presence of relatives and many) mourners, funeral services Were conducted' on November 6 in the Bubbling Well Chapel for the late Mr. Frederick Large. Dean AES. Trivett, of The Holy Trinity Cathedral, officiated. The deceased had" been in China for the past 37 years and was a highly esteemed member of the community. He died last Thursday at the Country Hospital and is survived by a daughter, Miss-Marjorie Large, who is now in Tientsin, and a son, Mr. G. C. Large, in Shanghai.
Mr, Vladimir Emanuel Stakios Relatives and many friends wore present on "November Gin the chapel of the International Funeral Directors, 207 Kiaochow Road, to attend the funeral services of the late Mr, Viedimir Emanuel Stakios, at which Father Borodin officiated. The deceased was an old Shanghai resident and is survived by his widow, Mrs. L. D. Stakios, a son, Emanuel, and daughter, Nina. Fol-Iawing the service, interment took place in the Bubbling Well Cemeery. The casket was carried to the grave by Messrs. G. Polyehronides, Komarnitsky, D. Tsounias, G. Stamatdatus, G. G. Tsepluk and B. I. Horoshoon.
Tue Health Report of the French Municipality for the week ending October 30, shows that the total num~ ber of deaths from all causes amongst the foreign and Chinese population in the Concession were—Foreigners 3, and Chinese 513. Deaths from notifiable diseases amongst the Chinese were—Cholera, Dysentery Teach; Foreigners, The exodus of people from Nat tao, which has assumed serious proportions during the past few days, Is markedly slowing down, states a report to the "Sin Wen Pao." A. Gradual return to stability is noted {in the Laopehmen, Nanyangchiao and Shehehiao thoroughfares which are contiguous to the French Concession. Quite a number of shops have Jopened their doors, while stalls are very much in evidence.
Shanghai, Nov. 2.
Six weeks have passed since the abduction In Paris of Gen, E, Eh. Miller and the mysterious disappearance on the same day: of Gen. Sko-'Bun, his friend and ce-worker in the All Military Union; but to this day the mystery remains unsolved spite of the fact.that all over France police are working on the case. To this day Russian newspapers in /Shanghal are devoting large space 10 this disappearance, and to this day heated arguments' are being wages as fo whether or not Gen. Skoblin was a traitor, Gen, Miller was a well-known figure in London, where he had many {riends, especially in the higher milltary circles, On the personal wish Mr, Winston Churchill, then Secretary for War, he became the head of the Archangel Government 1919; and it should be noted that the white front at Archangel lasted out "longer than anywhere else. The career of this general is one consideralie interest, He gra-@uated from the Corps of the Imperial Pages, and on August 24, 1680, Joined the Hussar Guards, His Ma-Jesty's Own Regiment, where he was an officer concurrently with the eld-fest son of Emperor Alexander later Emperor Nicholas 1. From this. springs Gen, Miller's proximity to the Court.
After finishing the Academy of the General Staff, he was appointed HMitary Attache to Dresden in 1803, to Brussels in 1898, to The Hague in 1901, and from 1901 to 1907 held the post of Military Attache in Rome. During the war he commanded the Staff of the Sth Army, which won the famous victories of Lublin and Lodz, Late: he was appointed Commander of the 26th Corps. In April 1917 Gen, Miller was sani, to Rome fas head of the Military Mission, post which was counted a very. im= [portant one as the Supreme Com: Jmander of the Italian Army: was King Victor. Emmanuel himself, After the fall of the White Front at Archangel, Gen, Miller was the Chief of Staff under Baron Wrangel, the last Commander-in-Chief of the [White "Armies; and when all the military outside of Russia" came under the authority of the Grand Duke Nicolai Nicolaieviteh, he partially managed the latter's finances, [Crime and Punishment On October 27 the Russian Jurist Association held its frst _meeting of the season, at which Dr, S. F. Kichin read an extremely interesting paper fon "New Ideas in Criminal Law." pre-revolutionary Russia Dr. Kichin was President of the High Court; and during the time of the Maritime Government held the post of Minister of Justice. From 1922 he lived in Harbin, where he taught criminal law the Jaw College of that city, The speaker emphasized the tendency of the present legislation to base the degree of a criminal's punishment on a thorough study of the latter's nature and personality, Law to-day tends to Individualize punishments, and scien= tile methods of investigating crime fare of great assistance in this direetion." The majority of Russian jurists practising in Shanghai were present Jat the meeting, and the paper evoked lively discussion, Cathedral Repairs The Russian Cathedral is at present undergoing a renovation of its cupolas, fand its services will for that reason discontinued during the period ut a week. Some time ago Bishop John visited the hostel of Russian refugees from Wayside and Yanglszepoo, which still situated in the promises of th Russian Club on Avenue Foch, 'The Bishop visited all the lod these vielims of the Shangi have found. shelter, and caret acquainted himself "with all thelt d needs. Many have literally lost every [thing they' possessed, as well as their Jobs; as they worked in those districts which are. at present occupied. by [Japanese troops. Later Bishop John paid a visit to. the Russian patients in the hospital of Sainte Marie.
New Magazine To the already respectable number fof Russian magazines published in Shanghai, another one will shortly added. This is "The Military Te-view." to which several prominent specialists on Army and Navy. probiems—men who have finished" the Academy of the General Sta in Russia and-have had the rich experi-fence of being in several wars—will contribute. Those responsible for bringing out this magazine are of the opinion that the present war is of a prolonged nature and could very easily develop into a conflict embrace
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