It is not hard to see, however, that this is but the self-portrait of the Russian intelligentsia—and only as It was before the Revolution. 'Anyone not counting himself part the. Infeligentsia—not, at "any fate."as of some special order Wil' bee to lagree with this portrait and even to-ridicule it. tst be "remembered that jong ore the Revolution. the epithet rootless intelligent" of, only, "an inteiigent® was often taken for an insulte'In short, eis dien "even for usang to delineate the Russian {ype especially ina. few "words. Gniy. ne who has tong lived in Russia, knows Russians, has studied their history, religion," folklore and Tterature—only he can under Stand. them se they would. ike. ie"tnderstood. They re. very fond Dostoevsky's exelamaion con Serning the, Russians "The man's {to big 14 reduce lem a bit" They, like Probably many other national tes, think that they are often mi Understood;. but they certainly can. not complain, that people the world ver, and in Shanghol especially, are for interested in them. On the contrary Musslans. are amazed atthe Interest everyone at present seems evincing in them Archbishop's Zour Archbishop Nestor, well-known, to Russian Shanghai, who some time ago left for the Bishops' Conclave in Jugoslavia, is at present in Belgrade where he has been received by Prince Regent Paul. The latter was much Interested in the Ife of Russians In China and other parts of the Far East, Archbishop Nestor has been offered by the Belgrade government a first class "ticket enabling him to travel on all Yugo slavian railways. dri the beginning of March he will proceed to London, Where he plans to visit his friend, the Rev. WU. Gibbs, former tutor to the late Tsareviteh Alexei.
Interesting to note that when, atter the Revolution, Mr. Gibbs was. in the employ of the Chinese Maritime Customs in. Manchuria, he was ordained into Russian' Orthodox priesthood by Archbishop Nestor.
General in Peiping Word has been received that General K. P. Nechaev, for the last few years a resident of Dairen, is at present in Peiping. Ten years ago, General Nechaev relinquished his post as commander of the 96th Division of the armies of Marshal Chang Tso-bin. General Nechaev's Division was composed totally of Russians and took part in the occupation of Shanghai fat the end of 1924.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.