To the Editor of the "Nontu-Cutxa Dany News"
SmI should be grateful if you find it possible to publish this letter in the valuable "columns of your paper so that Russians, who read it, may note what Ihave fo say, A few days ago, I read in a local " Russian paper that the British authorities were recruiting Russian emigrants for the British army, Being unemployed, with some military experi ence ahd speaking fair English, 1 elded to try my luck, particularly since the report stated' that volun teers, whose services had been accepted, were pald five dollars (un fortunately, the paper failed specify whether that was per diem or per mensem) while waiting to be Sent to Singapore, The article also stated that 967 persons had already. been accepted and 109 had been sent fo Singapore, with a pay of £5 (per mensem, 1 supposed).
According to this paper, the Russians were first asked to fill a detail ed form and were then medically examined, They were also asked to hav two' English guarantors or an. English firm to guarantee them and were bound not to divulge anything. cen or heard' at the recruiting ofice, 'The age of volunteers was said to be eighteen and thirty, recruiting office T was told story, Certainly, Rus accepted, but only those technical' knowledge, and not as fighting men, 'The forms' were also asked to be filed, but this was done as a formality, T hope this letter' will serve those who have thought to join the British fighting forces as they will be vised not to try something that, really does not exist, Shanghai, June 11.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.