By Shanghai, Mar. 13, Archbishop Nestor Jeff Shang March 11 en route to Harbi Interview with the press, Archbishe that fron Princess St. charity organizations give help the chronically li, the othe orphaned. In' this a Tare part is played by forers, Tie pointed out. Such or-ite, St. Olfm's Orphanage, the Chant uble Home, the Union of Great War Invalids, and the Home for Aged Women, deserve every commendation and help, he stated.
Archbishop Nestor also pointed out that the promotion of Archbishop Meleti of Harbin to the rank of Mitropotitan has raised the question the Far Eastern Orthodox Church becoming independent in matters of internal affairs. Archbistiop Nestor previously planned to visit. Peking, but the advent of the Great Lent Fast foreed him to leave directly for Harbin, Archimandrite Father Naphail, who relumed from Jugoslavia recently, me told the Russian colony that the altitude of the Belgrade government to Russian emigration remains. ex-sinely friendly and sympathetic. Inno countries are doors to Rus-slang thrown open so. widely ugotsavia," he said, "As in the past, the government donates several mil~ ion dinars a year, for the help of Russian emigration." Many Russians have adopted Juxoslavian citizenship, the Archimandrite revealed, adding that, according to 9 law promulgated by King Alexander, Russians will be freed of this citizenship ax soon as Nationalist Russin is restored.
Entered Primary School in Twenties The Shanghai Zavia resumed nows-broadensls on March 1. At pro-sent there are no Tess than live dally programmes of news and Russian singing tu the colony. eeture, Mr.
'N. P. Molinovsky_ made in-memory" of the dramatic actress Ver who died 30. years 'A recent cable told of the death in [London of 82-year-old Gen. Constantine N. Dessino, or, az he was called by Englishmen, General Sir Con-Jstantine Dessino. 'This ame mean much to Russians, and is interwoven with the history of Imperial Tussia the Far East for the last 50 years, Jand partly in Shanghai. Old Russian Fesidents of this city' remember' this Veteran Weussian General, who. was Tenighted by the King of England. Gen, Dessino was a graduate of the Russian' Academy "of the General Slaff, and in 1900 became the assistant Of the 'Russian' Military Atlachs Shanghai. In his book "By the Walls of Immovable China." Mr. N._M. Yanchevetsky describes how Dessino, then Lieutenant-Colonel, re-Jecived instructions to form an inter~ ational legion of volunteers [Shanghai, partly from the ranks of the foreign expeditionary forees.
Colored Dessino formed a plan of defending Shanihal, and became the head of this international corps for the defence of Shanghai Concessions fairist. the Boxers. During the Russo-Japanese War Colonel Dessino, was already the Russian Military Attache in Chino, and played a large role in the diplomatic. circles of Peking. In 1907 Gol. Dessino was transferred to St. Petersburg. siarthis military career in the Mount ed Artillery. When the Great War broke out he wax a General, and was sent to London at the head of A special military mission, "Phere remained after the revolution broke out in Russia. Gen. KN. Destino" wax survived daughters, three of whom are Kondon sind the South in "Soviet Mr. P, P. Shevchenko, barrister at-law and, Sinologue, recently ar~ rived In Shanghai. Mr. Shevchenko 1s a graduate of the Oriental Unive sity in Vladivostok and of the Law Faculty in Harbin, Tt is interesting to note that in order to fully. nee quaint himself with the Chinese language, Mr. Shevchenko, - when already a man in his twenties, enter ed a Chinese primary school. During the last few years Mr. Shevchenko taught Russian" literature in the University of Kirin, in Manchuria, Sludents of this university are Chinese, Mongols and Koreans, the latter forming 18 per cent. There are Rus~ sian students as well, More than 200 Russians are living in Kirin at. pre= ent, principally composed of farmers, landlords, " businessmen and alneors. Mr. Shevchenko is the author of several books, having written" history of Russian literature in the Chinese tanguaze, and a history of Far Eastern countries. Me also published a book on Russian grammar, and excerpts from Russian literature the Chinese language.
Russian Nurses Qualified nurses of the Russian Red Cross Society have now united and Nave placed themselves under their headquarters in Harbin, 'Mrs. 8. P. Khloudneva. has been elected Chairman. Mrs. L. D. Jarova Viee-Chairman, Mrs. M." Savina Honorary 'Treasurer, and Mrs, J. N. Belorukova Honorary' Secretary." Recently. this Union of Russian Nurses was. given oficial "recognition by the French authorities. "Russiay nurses have a Jong and glorious history in service to their country, especially in. time of war. Wherever Russian soldiers were fighting, Russian nurses were carrying on their mission of merey, and often dying at their posts.
'A Russian Hospital Society has been formed in Tsingtao, with the alm of opening a small ambulatory, Acquiring beds in one of the local hospitals, and forming 9 {und for the construction of a Russian Hospital. To start the ball rolling in this direction, a ball was held "on Mastianit: wede in the Cafe Courert. The 'A meeting of the graduates of the Law College of Harbin was held on March 3 in the Russian club. Following the tradition of past years, former professors and lectors of this high school, which turned out several hundred Juriste and economists, were present at the meeting.
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