The Archive · 1937

In Memory of Russians

CEMETERY'S STATUE

To the Editur of th "Nowni Caixa Dany News"

Su—Please enlighten your corre~ spondent LY.Y. that the stone statue of a man carrying a bundle on Tis back, which LY-Y, has noticed inside the French Cemetery on Rue Baron Gros, is erected over the grave 9 10 Russian pedlars (# Orchodox and. 2 Moslems), who were murdered a decade ago.

'These poor Russian traders were travelling' in the interior of Kiangse Frovince, selling blankets and piece goods, when they were seized and murdered, although, it was found later that, they possessed all necessary documents and their task there was obvious.

Russtaw.

Shanghai, Nov. 30

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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