By "Srnoy"
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Auestion: what forms the signieance Russian military science? Russian Speciality on. miliary afals. share the theory that every nation has is Jown national miliary ar. lite. Goouchiny a former' lecturer inthe 'Keademy' of the General Staff in St fersburg.. at present "living. In Shangha, has the following to a8 on the abject uring the last few years preceding the. Great "War, a" graduate of the Russln Academy" of the General Star's tested with special stictness on the. "history of the. Ruslan military art" in St. Petersburg the question ce the science of war ffenera, and the Russian one in parle Eviar, employed the minds of the best proteiors: and a voluminous work on the "subject "was published by Professor of the Academy, M.A. K-Bolov. The frat atlempts'of Russian military Merature to understand tis whose acting in a resent A.D. pro-[duction was, so uniformly well refeelved, "and: his assistant, Mr, Sokolsky, the producer. The' seting for the six children deserves special 'Of the dancing characters the chief honours go tothe Can-Can dancers, Miss Audrey King and fr. Kniazef, the Spanish doll, a child dancer fenormrus promise and present Jachievernent, who gave an encore in response to' overwhelming applause, land the tree Cossacks, Mr, Lantzott fand: Miles, Hazanicina "ud Makovkaya, whose truly amazing Bymhasties left them powerless to respond the thunderous acclamation of the audience," Excellent also were the two French poodles whom 1 mistook for monkeys, of perhaps aloe monkeys, till & glance at the programme Tndecsived me, the three playing card. specially Mr, Winner as the [King ut Spades andthe three Taren~ folia dancers, The costumes. and scenery left little to be desired and were "an enormous improvement on anything which the company has yet The "Prince Igor" dances were magnificently performed. The ballet ras fortunate in. securing the assisttance of Mr. Kolehin's. chorus, who rendered Borodin's thrilling Polovisen songs to perfection, T know no music fof its peculiar barbaric type more exciting unless it is Stravinsky's "Les Noces:" The dance of the warriors was especially. effective, "and the Tartar boys' dance. gave another opportunity" to the juvenile memo bers of the company to show! what "they" could" do. The me clusion of children in. both ballets was a particularly delightful feature of the evening. The dresses and scenery of "Prince Igor" were even better than those in "La Boutique" science began as far back in the thirties of the last century. A' considerable amount of work was devoted to the subject by such scientists as 'Messrs. A. K. Pusrevsky, D. Maslovsky, N. N. Sukhotin andthe talented military historian 'Mr. A. Z, Mishlaevsky. Especially valuable' is the research of Mr. N, N. Sukhotin, who formulated his thoughts thus: "in the last analysis, military science implies the solving' of ite. basle problem, which consists of exploiting the forces fand means of a given epoch In terme war."
Nation's Peculiarities Russian military gelence has established that any military science is in-Jseparably connected with the traditional peculiarities of the nation concerned, and is completely under their control, Defending his theory of the originality of Russian military. science, Prof. A. K. Baiov quotes the philosopher, Mr. Vladimir Soloviev, who says that any historical event of any value whatsoever, has always borne a threefold character—personal, national, and universal. Mr.
Mishlaevsky says bluntly that "mille tary science always bears a strictly national character." In the course of history, Russian military thought was at times of that of the West. "As an example, Russian armies, Jin the 16th century were the first 0 employ guns and cannon loaded through the breech. "Light artillery was instituted in Russia earlier than in Europe, "even in the days of Peter the Great mounted artillery was already in use, and universal con scription was enforced in Russia earl: Jer than in any other country. As regards the actual methods of warfare, Russian military science must here also be acknowledged quite original, Volumes would be necessary for the recounting of "all the illustrative examples contained in history, but it could be sum cient to point to the Battle of Kullkov in 1380, when a sudden flank-attack from an ambush cade carried out by Voevoda Bobrok Jupset the whole front of a powerful enemy. Typical of Russian military art was ihe routing of the army of Friedrich If of Prussia at Kunnersdort on August 1, 1759, the storming of Pragha (a suburb of Warsaw) by Field Marshal Prince Suvorov October 24, 1704, and the many vie-tories of Peter the Great, Suvorov, Apraksin, - Rumiantzev, Kutuzov, Former and Skobelev, Psychological Element The above-mentioned could form the subject of a whole sents of lectures, but in short, it could be [said that the typical characteristic of Russian military genius is the ability to make use of the psychological element in a battle or engagement, the knack of assessing the crisis in the condition of the enemy, the strain on his morale, and of making use of this in winning the victory. "Typital of Russian military masters, algo, is not the laying of hopes on the brute power of their armies, but the apply Ing of all their mental power and realize the words handed down from the greatest Russian general of the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19ti century, Prince. Suvorov Moly, who in. the struggle against Massena carried out his heroic crossing of the Alps during the coldest conquer." winter, "To surprise," he said, "Is to
With the i fortunes suffered during the Rusco-Japanese War in the begin. ning of the 20th century, slarted to talk of a. period of a certain deterioration of the Russian military genius; but here we could recall anald Arable saying. which teaches that where inthe desert there was. water—water. will appear again. But where there never was any water, there will be no water in the future."
Passport Rul Representatives of Russian newspapers were recently received by Mr, LIK. Amoya, head of the passport department' of the Police Bureau of the Ta Tao Administration, who in connection with the recently. an-hounced registration of all Russian emigrants living in' Shanghai, made the following statement. "The "Ta Tao authorities are well aware of the fact that the Russian colony is not well-off in a material way, and because of this the minimum' charges are being asked for documents issued by the passport department." Registration for one year costs $1.50, visas for the interior of China $3, and pass ports for travel abroad $5, The pass-Port department will give documents only 0 those Russian emigrants who registered in the Russian Bmi-
Committee, Mr. P. 1, Zait assistant, while the post of Secretary has for'many years been filled by Ins, M. G. Takovkin, A. S. Keltzev, well-known as a sportsman, recently arrived here from "Harbin," Mr. "Keltzev was prominent even in Russia. He was connected with all forms of sport then popular in that country but speclalzed In French wrestling which before the revolution attracted many. follower Rental Worries The latest complications in Shanghhai's ancial market have alarmed the Russian colony, mostly: from the point of view of a possible increase In the price of flats and—more often still—rooms. The rear majority of Russians have money in. local euro Feney; and if landlords. should "demand payment in pounds or American dollars ccording to the current rate of exchange, it would be a seri ancial blow to the far from ament colony. Rooms would immediately Increase in prico—rates now, because of the inflow of a new element Into the French Concession following the recent hostilities, already stand suflciently high. All' hopes are held that the French authorities will take up this question and regulate the prices on rooms. Even now the payment for premises constitutes a quarler of the income, and a further increase in such prices of flats and rooms would be tantamount to a catastrophe.
"Khlam" Publication A meeting of Ruslan artist, actors, musicians and writers was held re: cently in connection with, the. ith anniversary of the, founding of the Bohemian Club ""xhlam."" te de-elded" to publish "an artistically Printed album which would reflect the development. of 'Russian art Shanghai and. the whole "of 'China during' the years. of emigration, The Opera, the Theatre, the Operetta, the Ballet, Literature and Art—all these different phases would find their place Ju this album, 200 free copies of which Would be sent to centres of Tussian migration all over the world, Cossacks Anniversary On' the Day of St. Alexis, local 'Cossacks celebrated an anniversary of the formation of the Far. Eastern Cossack "Armies, with representatives of the. Zabaikalsky,, Amursky. and Ussuryisky armies participating in the celebrations, After a religious' ser-Vice conducted by Bishop Victor and the' deray,. the Cossacks and" their quests of honour repaired to the Cossack Union in Avenue Edward Vit, where a" reception was. held fatiénded by no: less than a. hundred copie. Appropriate speeches were given, and altogether this year's feelebrations. were marked by extraordinary: high - spirits, Taichow, Tinghai Open Shanghai, Apr, 5, Following the grant of permission by the Chinese authorities, steamship raffle between Shanghai and Tinghai, and Shanghai and Taichow, has been resumed, according to a Chinese report.
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