Officiaily established oni January 2x, 1027, the Russian Regiment saw three major conflets here: the march of Chiang Kal-shek, the Sino Japan~ Jose conflict of 1932 and the Sin Sopanese hostilities in 1937, Out of the original members of the Russian Unit, as it was then called, only about thirty remain, eleven of these being the emeers.
The Regiment saw many dimieult duties, but perhaps the hardest had been the guarding of the Internment Camp for the Chinese soldiers where Several riots have been staged by the internees in the course of their confinement at the camp sino November 1937, Norwegian Spitfire Fund Opened sharghal, Jan, 8. the Norwesian _Consul-Genera zr, Krudizony announces tht itccription hes been opened at the Gonsulste: General for "Norsk Jager~ fonds" (Norwegian Spit ire-Pund Which will be used to purchase 2ero-Blanes for the Norwegian Army for Bperpresent war, The. milllry an thorities of Norway actually have {taining care in Cenada. for, Nor Wreslan: sir force volunteers, at preent numbering several thousand men the, afler having passed their test Will' goto the front, partly in aero Planes provided by means of the Dra Eeedings this fund, 'A Control Committee of the fund was. constituted. in London a. short Time ago and local committees have been formed in important cites and ports in many countries, "amongst them also jo Shanghai, where the senile is headed By the Census Considerable contributions to the tupd are already coming in to London from different countries; thus the' committee Ju Durban, "South Africa, has remitted five thousand pounds, which is the actual cost of Spitfire, It ig the hope of the com mittee in' Shanghai, that liberal con: fefbution will flow Into the Consulate-General from Norwegian re~ sidents and sailors in China, as well from their many sympathizers in this country.
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