Shanghai, Apr. 11.
For the past two weeks, serious themes have formed the substance of these columns: "Russia. and th Tartar Yoke" and The Russiai Military Art." It would now not amiss to talk of something lighter but, {t fs hoped, no less interesting—say, hol the average Englishman appears to the average Russian, Collectively speaking, of course, the average Englishman appears to Russians in the guise of John Bull—stout, small of stature, with reddish side-chops and thick eye-brows. "He is fond of power, fond of himself, egoistical (in reason), and banks only on his own opinion. "Few are the places into which he has not stuck his nose' and where he has not worked for the glory of the Brilish Empire and his King. Tt Is Just_as Inevitable for Russians to conjure up England in the form of John Bull as it is for Englishmen to think of Russia as a lumbering white bear in a. great furry headgear (papakho). Asa matter of fact, after 1917," English cartoonists continued to represent Russia as that same white bear, but one who had exchanged his papakha for a Red Army cap. Russians. of course, have no objection to their country being personified by a bear, but never cease to wonder why he should be a white one, You will sec dears in many parts of Russia, but they will always: be brown on styled playfully by Russians Mishka or (his full' name). Bfikhait Ivanovitch Toptygin, Tt was a bear of this sort that enjoyed the rank of mascot in one of the Russian regiments on the French Front.
Cordiality Shown Although in the 19th century Russians often blamed England in the world of political intrigue, a feeling of ready cordiality to Englishmen was always alive. "A well-known humourist, Mme. Tem, recent ly depicted a Russian citizen of St. Petersburg who, for reasons un-unown, was in love with everything English. He studied the English tongue and was the constant custom-
bought a travelling rug, now a at, an English store." Now "he London tie, now a Harris twoed Jacket, The cost of these articles Was very high, but even that fact seemed {0 please him greatly; and he soled himself with the aphorism:
am not so rich that I can afford buy cheap things." For Andrei Andreleviteh the store's chief allure ment was that he could talk in English to the salesman. "Such a cultured English face," he would say, "and such a wonderful Oxford accent!" Every Russian knew that of all accents the Oxford accent is the dest, and that it one should table in English, it should be only in the Oxford' accent. Androl Andreleviteh asserted that it should not be thought that the average "Englishman isa fair-haired, ruddy-cheeked, stalwart elod with protruding teeth: that, on the contrary, the average Englishman somewhat' small of stature, slightly snub-nosed, "if anything, lean—but totally lacking in that English: ple matism which we Russians have li vented. All that is stuff senso! A real average Engli used to aver, ig no different from us mortals, He'can be seen excited and irritated—in short, ho ig a man and not a machine. Russian Anglophiles frowned on the French and German manner of dressing. "Everything fitted tightly," they complained, "everything loud-coloured and gaudy. Now the English style. that's different. "Dark coloured sults," dark coloured ties, socks..."
Its true that Inter Andrei Andrel~ evi teh, having become an emigrant, came across (in a Paris store) that same salesman who before the revolution used to arouse his admira—tion; and discovered to his surprise that' the salesman was a hundred per cent, Russian who talked with Andrei Androievitch In the "Oxford faecent" "because he worked in an English store and "took Andvel Andreieviteh for an Englishman, But, generally speaking, the respect for everything English was great. allies turned out to be Englishmen. Tu the same way, during the tragic rule of Admiral Kolchak in Siberia, the most popular figures in Omsk were Sir Alfred Knox and Colonel Ward. member of Parliament for the Labour Party.
Bishop Leaves Bishop Victor, head of the Orthodox Church in China, left Shanghai for Peiping on Saturday, going in the Dairen Maru by way of Tsingtao, In Which city he plans to stay for a short time. During the ast few days before his departure, the Bishop's House became a veritable place of pilgrimage, with many representatives of the Russian community visiting the Bishop in order to receive "his blessing, Before Bishop Victor's departure, a "pretravel" religious service was held In the Russian Cathedral, Significant Jubilee The Russian Orthodox world, at resent scattered all over the globe Will shortly celebrate a significant and rare jubilee, Nine hundred and lasty years will have passed since the Christianization of pagan Russia In the rule of St, Vladimir, who for this feat has been called "equal to the Apostles" by the Russian Church. The clergy and the people Are everywhere preparing to record this jubilee by special celebrations, for the organization of which a special committes Is being formed, Tsingtao News Great interest has been shown by" the local Russian colony" in. the description of the solemnities accompanying the opening, on. March 27, of the Russian House in Tsingtao, 'This institution must, according to organizers, serve as the centre Of the social life of Russian emi rants. Chairman of the -Anti-Com munistic League in 'Tientsin, Mr, [Pastuhin arrived in Tsingtao' to be present at this occasion, and speeches were given by Mr. N. A. [Piculevieh, Chairman of the' Emig: rants' Bureau, Major Tayi, representative of the Japanese Army. in North China (who, incidentally, has fan excellent knowledge of Russian), and Colonel Kono, head of the Japanese Military Mission in Tsingtao, Teachers' Unio:
'A special teachers' union has been formed in Shanghai by the instructors of Russian literature and history, who have set as their problem the "evolving of new methods of Neaching the above subjects. The union aims.at helping the students? national and religious upbringing by Jacquainting them with their coun tay's literature and history, and. will assist in the organizing of scholastic productions, lectures, ete, Prof, UP. [Pokrovsky "has been elected Chairman of this union, Mrs. N. A, Tomin Jand Prof, V, V. Lamansky members fof the Board, and Mrs, V. Menkova and Mrs. N. Yakusheva' the Secretaries,
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