Returning to China once mors Mr, Wan became in 1684 Chief cial Interpreter to Viceroy Lin of Kiangsu, Kiangsi and Anhwei. This post the' held until 1995 when he became Commissioner of Foreign Affairs for Szechuen Province, He was later transferred to the Foreign Affairs Commission at Nanking. In haig nation's manhood. At the river he was awaited by the clergy.
Russian Workmen Hit Russian workmen have been hard hit by the partial permission of the Japanese authorities "for Chinese labourers to be admitted into the Hongkew, Wayside and Yangtszepoo districts." During the last four months the existing conditions proved favourable, in a sense, to many indigest Russians who improved their fortunes greatly in the removal -of goods from over the creek. The demand for Russian workmen was. one time (in the end of September and part of October) so great, that their daily waes reached the Mgure of $12 a man." Later, the work became less lucrative. ""Artels" were formed, competition grew. $3 and a man became the usual daily Wage. Nevertheless hundreds and sometimes thousands of Russians were daily employed by this "indus try:
Jewish Meeting The large number of Russlan-Jewish emigrants in Shanghai watehed with interest the conference of the leaders of Russian Jewry in the Far East which was held in Harbin from December 20 to 28. The conference was presided over by Dr.-A.
Kauffman of Harbin and was Jooked upon favourably by the local authorities. After its conclusion, Dr. Kauffman' went to Tientsin and Mukden better to acquaint himself with the Russian-Jewish communities there. "As a result of this conference National Council of Russian Jews et jhe Far Bast was created and several problems of each community solved.
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