of Lanchow some Russian faces, but their appearance is so occasional, that whenever they are seen. crowds of children collect behind them calling them mister.'
"The story behind this salutation, the speaker went on. "is something like this: When Soviet pilots first came to Lanchow, they. wondered what they should be called. They did not want to be called foreign devils'. naturally.
"Comrades" sounded too Bolshevik, so, as a compromise, they suggested they be called mister.'
"Today any white man appearing on the streets of Lanchow is called mister.'
"That, from what I could observe, is the scope of Russian influence characters. in "Ganchow," the traveller concluded.—Reuter-ur
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