On Friday a Russian contemporary, the Shanghai Zaria" celebrated the tenth anniversary of its birth, for it was on October 25, 1925, that its frit issue appeared. In the years since the revolution there had been an ever-increasing Russian population in Shanghai, and the need for a news-find more apparent, Such a. Journal had "a most important function to full, for it had to serve a community which exiled from its own country "and was obliged to stile down permanently in this most cosmopolitan city. It had to interpret the changed conditions to the Russian newcomer, to provide him with news fo which lack of knowledge of other languages prevented access. Under the energetic management of the proprietor, the late Mr. M. 8. Lembich, find the able editorship of Mr.
'Aroldov, the new journal rapidly overcome' inal. dimeulties, and -was. the comparatively short period of a year, able to convince. foreign fdvertisors that there was undoubted ly room for such a publication as had been started, with the result that business improved and has since shown' no. signs of going back. The history of the "Zaria" during the ten years of its existence has been very much the same as that of the community It serves, even in the matter of the transfer of its publishing house, from Broadway to Avenue Joffre, consequent upon the Russian migration following the troubles. 1827. It is a matter upon which the proprietors and editor have to be congratulated that the journal has had {profound effect upon the relations of the Russian with other communities, snd in extending to the journal and lis personnel the appropriate felicia lions, the hope is expressed that it will "have many" years of continued prosperity before it, Shanghat's connection with the developing of British cinema industry finds another Jink in the Gaumont-British production "The Man Who Knew Too Much." now showing at the Cathay Theatre and acclaimed as one of the best melodramas of recent years. One of the actors. in the Siege scene is Mr. Frank Atkinson, who is well-known in Shanghai for his variety appearances a few years ago. Mr. Atkinson plays only a small part, being one of the policemen who bulls up his sleeves, picks up his rifle but is unfortunately "killed" as. he stands at the window. Fortunately for his expanding screen reputation he is not "killed" artistically but nas since played one of the leading paris in another romance of] Speed racing at Brooklands. In this film, his Cockney humour is given fu play and as a mechani who. helps his friend to build and race the fastest car on the track and, incidentally, win his employer's daughter, his abilities are amply recognized, Reports from a correspondent London have it that his next appear ance will be as a producer of a comedy featuring Nervo and Knox. that sparkling couple who for years distinguished themselves in the "crazy, shows" at the Palladium and also one of the "most popular broadcasting tums in England,
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