During the last two oF three months responsible Russians are being con stantly asked the same sacramental question by other foreigners in the ily: how is the influx of German and Austrian refugees affecting the colony? The answer is always quick fand exact: so far it is not affecting the colony at all. No Russians have lost their positions in firms and offices to the new refugees, while inside the colony the problem does not give rise to any particular discussions. Rus sians have sunk their roots so deeply this ily, have created, as it were, a government within a government, have, after all, united so closely, know conditions of life here so well and are So experienced in the struggle for existence that the arrival of refugees from Europe is hardly likely to affect them.
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